ADD/ADHD News

Senators questioned Jay Bhattacharya, MD, PhD, about proposed NIH cuts to biomedical research, the safety of vaccines, and government transparency during his nomination hearing Wednesday to be the next director of the NIH.

Maternal acetaminophen exposure identified via second-trimester blood samples may be associated with higher odds of a childhood ADHD diagnosis in offspring, but more research is needed, researchers reported in Nature Mental Health.

Prefrontal transcranial direct current stimulation induced small- to medium-sized clinical effects in cognitive and clinical metrics in youths with ADHD with no serious adverse effects, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open.

Children with emotional or cognitive disabilities were more likely to report being suspended or expelled from school compared with children with physical disabilities or no disabilities, according to findings in Academic Pediatrics.

Adolescents in the United States with symptoms of ADHD had a higher likelihood of using tobacco and other nicotine-based products, results from a cohort study published in JAMA Network Open showed.

Although stimulant dispensing rates have rebounded to — or exceeded — pre-pandemic levels among girls, the dispensing rate among adolescent boys was almost 19% lower than it was before March 2020, according to study findings.

Hundreds of millions of psychiatric disorders in the United States have been linked to childhood exposure of car exhaust from leaded gasoline, according to a recent study in the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry.

Low-level lead poisoning remains prevalent across the United States and globally, warranting screening and identification of those at highest risk, according to a recently published review.

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