Attention Deficit Disorders Archives

ADHD Increases Risk for Bulimia - March 17, 2008

Impulsiveness associated with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) puts teen girls with attention problems at a substantial risk for eating disorders, shows a new study published in the Journal of Abnormal Psychology. The research examined 140 girls with hyperactive and/or...
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Bullying Both A Cause and Effect of ADHD - January 30, 2008

Research appearing in February's Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology shows that children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are more likely to be bullies--and to have been bullied. The study followed 577 Swedish fourth graders for one year, interviewing parents...
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Guidelines for Psychopharmacological Treatment of Young Children Released - December 12, 2007

In light of a recent increase in the number of children aged 3 to 6 receiving psychiatric medication, medical professionals have released a set of treatment guidelines, published in this month's Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent...
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ADHD Brains Mature Three Years Later - November 12, 2007

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder delays development of certain regions of the brain by an average of three years, shows a study of 446 youth with and without the disorder. Researchers used magnetic resonance imaging techniques to scan subjects brains at...
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PsychBriefs: October 21-27, 2007 - October 26, 2007

Scientists Identify Drug-Craving Region of Brain Chilean researchers have identified a region of the brain called the insular cortex, or insula, as being central to amphetamine addiction in rats. This region of the brain was found to be tied not...
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Research Identifies Natural Treatments for ADHD, Compulsive Gambling - September 12, 2007

Findings to be published in the journal Nutritional Neuroscience report that an extract from French maritime pine trees called Pycnogenol may help ease the symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The study examined 57 Slovakian children with ADHD. Forty-one...
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Maternal Depression May Predict Behavior in ADHD Kids - April 19, 2007

A mother's mental health is crucial to any child, but for children with ADHD, it may be the difference between a smooth childhood and one filled with errant behaviors such as fighting, bullying and theft, shows University of Maryland research...
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Use of ADHD Drugs Triples Around the World - March 7, 2007

Just weeks after the FDA decided to require that ADHD drugs be labeled to warn patients of potentially fatal psychiatric and cardiovascular symptoms, the University of California, Berkeley has publised a country-by-country analysis which shows that use of these drugs...
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Parents of ADHD Children Also Taking Medication - October 2, 2006

Parents of children prescribed drugs to treat Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) are more than nine times likely than other parents to also take the drugs, says a study by Medco Health Solutions. Moreover, if one parent and child in...
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