ADHD

There’s growing recognition that attention-deficit hyperactive disorder is not just a childhood disruptive behavior condition. Yet older adults, aged 50 and over, are not only consistently absent from ADHD studies, but face roadblocks in seeking help.

There's been a staggering rise in the number of ADHD medication errors among US youth, most of which occurred at home, a study has found, highlighting the need for greater patient and caregiver education to avoid these preventable errors.

Scientists have discovered that attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), which is largely inherited, directly increases the risk of sufferers also developing major depression, post-traumatic stress, anorexia nervosa and attempting suicide.

While completing an important task with other distraction such as TV can seem like it’s a battle of willpower, scientists have discovered how it's not you but your brain that keeps you on the right track. Or at least it tries to.

A new study may have bad news for people who take so-called ‘smart drugs’, usually prescribed to treat the symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), thinking they will increase workplace or academic productivity.

Using a newly developed VR game, researchers believe they have created a tool that can objectively diagnose ADHD. The system tracks a user's eye movements and has also been proposed as a way of monitoring the efficacy of certain therapeutic interventions.

A genetic predisposition to ADHD has been linked to an increased risk of cognitive decline and Alzheimer's disease in old age, according to new research. The findings are the first to associate ADHD genetic risk with age-related cognitive impairment.

A new review has found repurposing some drugs currently used for ADHD and depression could offer improvements to cognitive symptoms associated with Alzheimer’s disease. The review focused on drugs developed to stimulate the brain’s noradrenaline system.

Autism and ADHD are becoming better understood, but clinicians can still find the two conditions difficult to tell apart. Now, South Australian researchers say they've produced evidence that the two conditions could be diagnosed using an eye test.

A large study tracking some four million patients has linked adult ADHD diagnosis with a higher risk of a range of other diseases, including nervous system, musculoskeletal, respiratory, gut and metabolic conditions. Only arthritis wasn't correlated.

A study linking autism with c-section births is criticized by experts calling it an example of correlation not equaling causation.

A global study has homed in on 12 specific genomic regions associated with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The research reveals the genetic underpinnings of this highly heritable condition and suggests this discovery is only a small part of the genetic puzzle that makes up ADHD.