For decades, many physicians, parents and teachers have believed that stimulant medications help children with ADHD learn because they are able to focus and behave better when medicated. After all, an ...

Does being the youngest in the class up your child's odds of being erroneously diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)? It might. New research suggests these kids appear to be ...

How early ADHD treatment escalates into polypharmacy, why skills matter more than pills, and what must change to protect ...

UB faculty member Gregory Fabiano is continuing his nationally recognized work with ADHD children with a new study that will test how best to meet the special education goals of these children. With a ...

Credit: Getty Images Nurse practitioners can help address the barriers that prevent widespread implementation of classroom management strategies to improve outcomes for children with ADHD. By ...

—A survey-based study examined whether infant attentional problems were associated with later ADHD symptomology and problems with executive function. Share on Facebook. Opens in a new tab or window ...

Thank goodness society has finally come to celebrate neurodiversity. Or rather, they’ve decided to finally acknowledge that there are people who think or learn differently from the majority by ...

When a child struggles to focus, exhibits excessive energy, or acts impulsively, parents often wonder if something deeper might be happening. Attention-deficit ...

Powerful psychotropic drugs are often the next step, even though their combined effects in young children haven’t been ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals, particularly phthalates, was linked to ADHD-related behaviors among ...

In US states where children must turn 5 by September 1 in order to start kindergarten that year, children born in August, just before the cutoff, are more likely to be diagnosed with and treated for ...