Prescription stimulants, such as Ritalin and Adderall, are widely used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), including in children. In the U.S., about 3.5 million children aged 3 ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that 28.7% of U.S. adults have a disability, but on these ...

Rodney Filer sat in the stands at Valley Stadium in West Des Moines along with his wife Gigi back on Sept. 7, 2024 and watched their son Jackson make his long-awaited return to college football.

Higher education’s maximally inclusive approach to disability is resulting in a two-speed student population and ...

There is no scientific evidence base for routine use of multiple psychiatric drugs, particularly for children.

People with ADHD are at a higher risk of offending than those without an ADHD diagnosis. The same pattern appears among their ...

Despite major advances in the study of the brain, investigations on neurochemistry in vivo still lack the solid ground of more established methods, such as structural and functional magnetic resonance ...

What are usually seen as 14 different mental health or neurodiversity conditions could really be five clusters of closely ...

In some parts of the world, record numbers of people are being diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). In the United States, for example, government researchers last year ...

There’s an increasing perception that having ADHD is becoming a ‘trend’ or a ‘personality quirk.’ Just like OCD has been carelessly thrown about as being neat and tidy, ADHD is starting to become ...