ADHD

Experts discuss the role of motivation and willpower in ADHD at the 2022 APA Annual Meeting.

Is it ADHD—or something else? The importance of careful assessment for the proper diagnosis and effective treatment of the third most common mental health disorder worldwide.

Investigators observed higher levels of depression in children and adolescents with ADHD during MPH treatment.

What are the unique challenges for individuals with ADHD?

Some of the more severe ADHD symptoms noted were depression/withdrawal, problems with socialization.

Physical activity, marital status among factors contributing to complete mental health among participants.

Approval comes 1 year after the drug was approved for the treatment of ADHD in children and adolescents.

A recent study found a negative association between children with ADHD and health eating patterns.

Sami Timimi, MD, shares his thoughts on alienation and ADHD, and what role current systems of mental health play.

The importance of understanding diagnosis, assessment, and treatment.

Being able to identify ADHD in medical settings is very important. One doctor will offer some guidelines for diagnosis and treatment.

Primary care providers are increasingly seeing patients who are struggling with mental illness—how can they effectively assist these patients?

Catch up on all the latest in ADHD from the APSARD virtual 2022 Annual Meeting.

How do children with ADHD respond differently to reward and punishment, and how can we help them improve their executive functions?

What are the connections between ADHD, infectious diseases, and COVID-19?

How are minority children with ADHD affected by diagnostic, treatment, and educational inequities—and what can we do about it?

What is the connection between ADHD diagnosis with sexual activity and substance use among college students?

How does an ADHD diagnosis affect the college experience? Recent research allows the students to weigh in.

Is ADHD underdiagnosed or overdiagnosed? One doctor emphatically says the former.

College students who identify as a sexual and gender minority who also have ADHD may be at higher risk of functional impairments, substance use, and psychiatric comorbidities.

What treatments were recently approved by the US Food and Drug Administration for pediatric patients with ADHD?

Helicopter parenting in teens with ADHD: What are the types and how do they affect children?

Individuals with ADHD are 4 times more likely to have generalized anxiety disorder at some point in their life.

Recent research indicates 6.1 million children, or 3 per classroom, possess the symptoms for an attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder diagnosis.

Children and adolescents with ADHD often have low self-esteem. How can magic tricks help?