ADHD is the most common neurobiological disorder in children. The key word being neurobiological. When in the throes of raising a neurodivergent child, it’s easy to forget that their behavior is ...

My oldest child was diagnosed with ADHD when he was 7 years old. Now he is 13 and a full blown teenager, with eye rolling and moodiness. It's hard for me to separate what is him being a regular ...

After accounting for factors including age, sex, education level, psychiatric diagnoses and medical history, ADHD medication was associated with reduced rates of a first occurrence of four of the five ...

This post is the third in the series “Connecting Biology to Behavior: Inside the ADHD Brain.” Read the first post to learn about the role of dopamine in ADHD behaviors and the second post to learn ...

O. Rose Broderick reports on the health policies and technologies that govern people with disabilities’ lives. Before coming to STAT, she worked at WNYC’s Radiolab and Scientific American, and her ...

A new study comparing children with autism, ADHD, and both conditions reveals that comorbidity may alter how cognitive abilities relate to emotional and behavioral regulation, offering new insight ...

Your answer to the parent of the 4-year-old who is not interested in books and can’t sit still left out a possibility. Mom needs to talk to her pediatrician about the possibility that her son has ...

Scientists from the University of Maryland School of Medicine have made an important discovery about how a child’s brain ...

Medically reviewed by Jonathan B. Jassey, DO Key Takeaways Recognize that people with ADHD may engage in self-stimulating ...