Drugs like Adderall and Ritalin appear to help children with ADHD by activating brain areas involved in alertness and ...

A recent study published in the Journal of Attention Disorders provides new evidence that difficult childhood experiences may ...

Students indicate that the rigorous nature of PA school exacerbates their ADHD symptoms. There is a high prevalence of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) among PA students, according to ...

Excessive squirming and fidgeting. Difficulty paying attention. A tendency to act impulsively and make careless mistakes. Trouble acting cooperatively. These hallmark symptoms of childhood ADHD run ...

ADHD stimulants appear to work less by sharpening focus and more by waking up the brain. Brain scans revealed that these ...

More than 11% of children in the US have received an ADHD diagnosis in 2022, according to a new study Marina Watts is a Digital Writer, Music at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2024. Her ...

About 4.4% of people in the U.S. have been diagnosed with ADHD. A new video-game therapy has shown promise in treating attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder in children, according to a new study.

Several studies have shown that students who attend afternoon classes tend to perform better in school than those who attend morning classes. This is due to greater synchrony between class times and ...

Diagnoses of ADHD continue to rise among U.S. youth, affecting one in every nine U.S. kids. Approximately 11.4% of U.S. children (7.1 million) have received an ADHD diagnosis at some point, and 10.5% ...

Black kids are misdiagnosed and over-policed, making it easy to make excuses about why we can’t teach them and why they can’t be successful. (Photo: Nappy.co/alyssasieb) When a new Centers for Disease ...

This article is part 3 of a 5-part series on modern perspectives on ADHD. Part 2, "What is ADHD, Really?" is available here.