In the United States, an estimated one in nine children has been diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder ...

ADHD stimulants may improve performance not by sharpening focus, but by making the brain more awake and motivated.

Drugs like Adderall and Ritalin appear to help children with ADHD by activating brain areas involved in alertness and ...

ADHD medications work like sleep, not attention boosters, massive brain study reveals. For some kids, focus problems may be ...

October is ADHD Awareness Month, and this year’s theme, “The Many Faces of ADHD,” highlights how differently the condition can look from one person to another. Dr. Jim Saperstone from Community Care ...

Much research on ADHD focuses on the ways that it impairs functioning. A new study, however, illuminates how it may serve as ...

A recent executive order has sparked widespread concern about the availability of medications treating attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), a condition that affects more than 22 million ...

According to the Centers for Disease Control, 7 million U.S. children aged 3–17 have been diagnosed with ADHD. When you're raising one of these unique, wonderful children, it can be hard to know ...

I had long suspected I had ADHD but hadn't sought a formal diagnosis. I wasn't sure it would be useful since I was done with schooling. However, at 32, I had an assessment with a psychiatrist, and ...

The study does make a case for how access to medication has the potential to benefit both the person living with ADHD and the broader community. This is an important aspect, considering that there is ...

The last time I set foot in an exam hall was over 10 years ago, so I figured that, at 32, getting a formal ADHD diagnosis would be pointless. I made it through school and university, I've established ...