A recent study published in the Journal of Attention Disorders provides new evidence that difficult childhood experiences may ...

For years, stimulant medications for ADHD have been described as chemical accelerators, framed as drugs that rev up a ...

Drugs like Adderall and Ritalin appear to help children with ADHD by activating brain areas involved in alertness and ...

Parents of young children with an excitable or exuberant temperament could adapt their parenting style to help moderate their child's potential development of Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder ...

A peek inside the brains of more than 750 children and teens reveals a key difference in brain architecture between those with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and those without. Kids and ...

Treatment with methylphenidate (multiple brands) may affect the development of the brain's signal-carrying white matter in boys with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), new research ...

While ADHD drugs work on wakefulness, they also mimic the effect of good sleep without fixing a problem. Sleep habits are ...

ADHD (Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder), is a real brain-based condition that affects millions of children and adults ...

Researchers led by New York University have found that a stimulant drug may be able to treat persistent daydreaming, fatigue, and brain sluggishness, also known as sluggish cognitive tempo (SCT). The ...

Largest imaging study of ADHD to date identifies differences in five regions of the brain, with greatest differences seen in children rather than adults. The study is the largest to look at the brain ...

Upon learning a child has attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, many parents may engage in self-blame. "It's my fault since I have ADHD," or "My child has to give up on the life they would have ...