Just How Many Kids Are Being Diagnosed With ADHD?
More children in the U.S. are being diagnosed with ADHD than even before -- 10.4 million in 2010 -- according to a new study that concluded a staggeri...
More children in the U.S. are being diagnosed with ADHD than even before -- 10.4 million in 2010 -- according to a new study that concluded a staggeri...
Marilyn Wedge, Ph.D. | Posted 05.06.2012
How come the epidemic of ADHD -- which has established itself firmly in the United States -- has almost completely passed over children in France?
Kergan Edwards-Stout | Posted 04.16.2012
We finally decided to try the pharmaceuticals available, only to be met with warnings from countless well-meaning people, none of whom actually had children with ADHD. I began to feel as if, in some small way, they were judging our parenting skills and finding fault.
HuffingtonPost.com | Catherine Pearson | Posted 12.13.2011
Between 2001 and 2010, use of medications for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder increased more rapidly among adults than kids. With more than 1...
Lawrence Diller, M.D. | Posted 01.22.2012
America's challenge with Adderall is not unlike the much more public debate over the prescription opiates like Oxycontin and Vicodin.
Marilyn Wedge, Ph.D. | Posted 11.13.2011
About three weeks into the school year, I start getting calls from parents who are worried that their child might have attention deficit disorder.
Art Markman, Ph.D. | Posted 11.08.2011
Starting about 10 years ago, there was an uptick in rumors about students who were buying medications normally used to treat ADHD to help them study. Do these drugs make you smarter?
Dana Ullman | Posted 07.19.2011
It makes sense for parents and doctors to explore and even exhaust safer methods of treating ADD and ADHD before resorting to conventional drugs. Homeopathic medicines provide one viable alternative.
Health | Sarah Klein | Posted 05.25.2011
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) can be incredibly disruptive in everyday adult life. Most people with ADHD respond well to medi...
Leo Galland, M.D. | Posted 05.25.2011
Sugar alone does not cause hyperactivity. It reduces the nutritional quality of the diet and may aggravate other food intolerances
HuffingtonPost.com | Katherine Bindley | Posted 03.22.2012