Current diagnostic criteria for ADHD involves documentation of impairment in more than one setting. Since most kids receive an ADHD diagnosis during their school years, we greatly depend on teachers to provide us with information on behavior and symptoms.

You can really break down the medication options for ADHD to stimulants or non-stimulants. In deciding what medication is best, prescribers consider side effects, whether it is appropriate to prescribe a controlled substance based on diversion or abuse potential, as well as practical issues such as how complicated the required...

Evidence-based treatments for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) include medication and behavioral interventions. While medications have been shown to reduce ADHD-related symptoms and functional impairments across settings, effects tend to last only as long as the medication is active within the body and brain (Paykina N and Greenhill LL. Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: Pharmacological...

The seminal study of preschool ADHD, the Preschool ADHD Treatment study (PATS), examined the efficacy of stimulant medication (methylphenidate) when added to parent training in preschoolers age three to five years old (Greenhill L et al, JAACAP 2006;45(11):1284–1293).

Children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) frequently have comorbid attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms. However, there have been no practice guidelines to aid clinicians in treating ADHD symptoms in children with ASD.

Any psychiatrist will tell you that comorbidity in mental health is the norm. Comorbidity between autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and attention deficit hyperactivity disorders (ADHD) is no exception.

You greet a new patient who complains of difficulty concentrating at work and is unable to “keep up” since making partner at a law firm or becoming an attending physician at a hospital. Is this an authentic case of a high-functioning person with undiagnosed adult ADHD, a subtle request for performance enhancement, or something altogether different?

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There is evidence suggesting that hoarding may be associated with symptoms of ADHD. But until now there have been few studies examining that relationship in children, despite the fact hoarding symptoms commonly start in childhood.

A study by Korean researchers shows that female adolescents with ADHD have a significantly higher intake of trans fatty acids (TFA) than those without the disorder.