ADD/ADHD News

The gut microbiomes of children with ADHD differed from those of children without ADHD, findings published in The Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry showed.

The percentage of people receiving prescription stimulants rose from 2016 to 2021, including large increases during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly among adolescent girls and adult men and women, data show.

Children with ADHD may be more likely to experience hyperactivity behaviors if they have an elevated serum thyroid-stimulating hormone level, according to data published in Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment.

Azstarys had a favorable safety profile, demonstrated efficacy and was well-tolerated compared to other methylphenidate products over 1 year of treatment, according to research presented in the Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology.

A Kansas-based biopharmaceutical company has announced positive top-line results from a study assessing the effect of food on absorption of its investigational extended-release tablet therapeutic CTx-1301 to treat ADHD.

Children born to mothers, not fathers, with primary antibody immunodeficiencies had greater risks for certain psychiatric disorders and for suicidal behavior, according to data published in JAMA Psychiatry.

Children born to mothers taking ADHD medication did not have altered neurodevelopment or growth compared with those born to mothers not taking ADHD medication, according to findings published in Molecular Psychiatry.

A digital medicine company has revealed positive topline results of an expansionist study evaluating the efficacy and safety of a novel therapeutic device to treat adolescents with ADHD.

Children exposed to benzodiazepines and/or nonbenzodiazepines, also known as z-hypnotics, prenatally may not have increased risk for ADHD, according to data published in JAMA Network Open.

A multidiagnostic prediction model developed using deep learning was highly predictive of mental disorder diagnosis, according to new data published in JAMA Psychiatry.