Young children who sustain a severe head injury may struggle with attention problems as they grow older, researchers say. A new study reports that kids who sustained a severe traumatic brain injury ...

Stimulant drugs that are widely used in the treatment of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) have a different ...

The article "Childhood predictors of adolescent substance use in a longitudinal study of children with ADHD" appears in the Journal of Abnormal Psychology, August 2003, Volume 112, Number 3. The ...

Odds for ADHD following severe TBI were higher for both ADHD onset within 1 year (OR 4.81, 95% CrI 1.66-11.03) and diagnosis more than 1 year later (OR 6.70, 95% CrI 2.02-16.82) compared to children ...

When you think about Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), what sort of person do you picture in your head? Do imagine a child or a teenager, a vision no ...

Why do some brains crave more stimulation than others? Learn about dopamine, genetics, and brain function, and how dopamine ...

Alexithymia and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, ADHD, are two distinct psychological conditions, each presenting unique challenges in the lives of adolescents. While complex, the ...

ADHD, Bipolar Disorder, or Both? Linda Jo Volness, MS, RN, is a psychiatric clinical nurse specialist who is board certified in child, adolescent, and adult mental illness. At Quality of Life in Fargo ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Young people with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) may be particularly vulnerable to serious nicotine addiction if they start smoking, a new study suggests.

DAMASCUS, Md. — A witness testified Tuesday that the fourth suspect in the DaMascus High School rape has severe ADHD, depression and anxiety. The defense’s first witness, Clinical Psychologist Randi ...