Autism and ADHD share genes
Researchers from the national psychiatric project iPSYCH have found that autism and ADHD share changes in the same genes. The
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First double-blind controlled trial of TNS shows reduced symptoms in some children with ADHD with minimal risk
Currently approved in Canada and Europe for adults with medication-resistant depression and seizures, trigeminal nerve stimulation (TNS) has been found
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Maternal smoking during pregnancy increases risk of ADHD among offspring up to three-fold
The higher the cotinine levels were in the mother’s blood during pregnancy, the greater was the child’s risk of developing
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Parents, Don’t Be So Quick to Jump to an ADHD Diagnosis
FRIDAY, Oct. 26, 2018 — A growing number of U.S. children are being diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. But parents shouldn’t
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This Group of Children Is Overdiagnosed With ADHD
With increasing numbers of children being diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, parents have questions about why this is happening,
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I can’t sit still sometimes. I move the same way over and over again, like a character in a video game. What is this and how do I stop it?
“Akathisia” is the medical word that describes a person who has motor restlessness and as a result, there is a
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Adderall Won’t Give Your Brain a Boost If You Don’t Have ADHD
New research finds ADHD medications like Adderall don’t improve cognition in healthy college students and may even impair the memory
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ADHD experts say more children with condition should be given drugs
Experts claim more children with ADHD should be treated with drugs, as it is revealed only one in ten with
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