ADD/ADHD News

ADHD in adults presents as an attentional type and an emotional type, according to results of a replication analysis published in Journal of Clinical Psychiatry. Researchers posited that this system provides a more clinically relevant approach to ADHD diagnosis among adults than does the DSM system.

Preeclampsia in term pregnancies appeared to have lasting effects on the neurodevelopment of the child, according to results of a prospective, population-based cohort study published in JAMA Psychiatry.

Children and adolescents with ADHD who discontinued medication experienced a small but statistically significant decrease in quality of life, according to results of a systematic review and meta-analysis published in Journal of Clinical Psychiatry.

Almost all mental disorders among children or adolescents appeared associated with a lower likelihood of taking the final examination at the end of ninth grade, according to results of a population-based cohort study conducted in Denmark and published in JAMA Psychiatry.

Pregnant women who had maternal vitamin 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels less than 100 nmol/L were more likely to have children with ADHD, according to a population-based case-control study published in the Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry.

Children with ADHD who live in poor areas may be significantly more likely to receive medication for their disorder than children with ADHD who live in affluent areas, according to a study conducted in the U.K. and published in BJPsych Open.

Researchers reported that horseback riding, combined with mental exercises, positively impacted the motor skills of children and adolescents diagnosed with autism, ADHD and other neurodevelopmental disorders.

Children of severely obese mothers with diabetes may be at an increased risk for psychiatric disorders, according to findings of a population-based cohort study published in JAMA Network Open.

Children and adolescents who were admitted to a NICU at birth have a greater risk for developing psychiatric disorders, psychiatric comorbidity and oppositional defiant disorder, according to results of a cross-sectional observational study published in Archives of Disease in Childhood.

Researchers have identified key tends in the diagnosis and presentation of autism spectrum disorder. Of note, girls are diagnosed with autism an average of 1.5 years later than boys, they wrote in Autism Research.