But some experts still believe behavioral therapy can help the whole family By Barbara Bronson Gray HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, Jan. 30 (HealthDay News) — Many parents pursue costly and time-consuming treatments to help their children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Now, a new study finds little evidence that non-drug interventions reduce key symptoms of ADHD. A multinational […]
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Psychiatrists are waking up to the world of sleep and behavior. Just as the biological revolution witnessed a collapse of barriers between the physical and the mental, so the boundary between sleep and wakefulness is crumbling. The emerging discipline of sleep medicine, baptized […]
By Faith Brynie, Ph.D.Created Jul 8 2012 – 11:17am Findings from the first study directly examining gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) concentrations in the brains of children with ADHD were published last week in the Archives of General Psychiatry. In this new article researchers from the Kennedy Krieger Institute and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center report finding significantly lower concentrations […]
Is it ADHD/ADD or Are We Just Overloaded? So is attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADD/ADHD) a real thing, or is it just a byproduct of the times we live in?
Oops, forgot to let the dog out. Need to pick up the dry cleaning. Anyone seen my keys? If these scatterbrained thoughts are du jour, you could be one of an estimated 6-15 million ADHD adults. Learn more about the symptoms of ADHD… Your inattention and restlessness may not just be your quirky personality. You could have […]
The idea that removing certain foods from the diet to help control ADHD symptoms has a great appeal — and a significant following — but critics say the latest ADHD diet study is short on evidence. By Kristina Fiore, Staff Writer, MedPage Today Thursday, Feb. 3, 2011 – A limited diet that focuses on a […]
Can a Child’s Birthday Predict ADHD? Hello. My name is Dr. Robert Findling. I am the director of the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the University Hospital Case Medical Center and I am a Professor of Psychiatry in Pediatrics at Case Western Reserve University. Today in this posting, I’ll be talking about 2 […]
One Man’s Personal Battle with Adult Attention Deficit Disorder by Jeff Hamilton A Happy ADD Brain for Health, Happiness & Romance? Healthy brain chemistry with amino acids and other foods January 20, 2011 Since I started winning the battle against ADD years ago, I found reading to be much more enjoyable. Doesn’t matter what way […]
When you focus on your partner’s gifts, you make them more likely to cooperate with your desire for them to pay attention to you and follow through on commitments. When you focus on your partner’s gifts, you make them more likely to cooperate with your desire for them to pay attention to you and follow […]
Research published today provides the first direct evidence that attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a genetic condition. Scientists at Cardiff University found that children with ADHD were more likely to have small segments of their DNA duplicated or missing than other children. The study also found significant overlap between these segments, known as copy number variants […]
