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Why has Vyvanse become by far the most prescribed stimulant in the United States? Great marketing? A great product? Some combination of the two?

Guanfacine, a drug originally used to treat hypertension, has been reformulated and now has new life as a medication to treat ADHD in children.

Read about this balanced approach, including alternatives to medications, in treating children and adolescents with ADHD in an interview with pediatrician and author Lawrence Diller, MD.

College can be a time of stress and loneliness for students. A new study shows that pet therapy may help ease the suffering.

There is disagreement about the causes of this increased incidence of autism. Debate has focused on whether the rise in cases is an artifact caused by increased diagnosis and reporting, or if there is some unknown pathogenic factor in the environment that is causing an actual increase in new cases. A new study out of Denmark provides support for the artifact argument.

Transitioning to high school can be a tough time, and studies have shown that teenagers are increasingly likely to have symptoms of depression over the course of their freshman year of school. Now an intriguing study seems to show that a simple intervention can ease these symptoms quite effectively.

A new study provides strong evidence that chronic marijuana use during adolescence can lead to significant social and psychiatric issues later in life.

Whether generics are really therapeutically equivalent to branded versions of drugs has long been controversial.

Given new research from Sweden, it won’t hurt—and might help—for clinicians to suggest their patients with attention deficit disorder (ADD) take supplements of the fatty acids omega 3 and 6.