ADD/ADHD News

Patients with psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia, depression and bipolar disorder who participated in clinical drug trials were at a significantly increased risk for death, researchers reported.

All adolescents are at increased risk of distracted driving, but those with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorders are an even greater risk, according to recent study findings published in JAMA Pediatrics.

Video game usage is more likely to be problematic in boys with autism spectrum disorder and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder compared with those with typical development, according to recent study findings published in Pediatrics.

Children who are breast-fed at aged 3 months were less likely to develop attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, according to recent study results published in Breastfeeding Medicine.

The FDA today approved marketing of the first medical device based on brain function to help assess attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in children and adolescents aged 6 to 17 years.

Results from a 33-year study suggest that men with childhood attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder had an increased risk for developing obesity during adulthood vs. men without the disorder as a child.

Results from a 33-year study suggest that men with childhood attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder had an increased risk for developing obesity during adulthood vs. men without the disorder as a child.

Parent-reported cases of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder diagnosis in their children may be a more accurate method for monitoring state- and national-based prevalence of the disorder than previously thought, according to a research letter published in JAMA Pediatrics.

Those who have childhood attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder are at increased risk for long-term morbidity, persistence of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and mortality, according to study results.

Autism spectrum disorder, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, bipolar disorder, major depressive disorder and schizophrenia all share common genetic risk factors, according to the results of the largest genetic study of psychiatric disorders to date.