ADHD stimulants may improve performance not by sharpening focus, but by making the brain more awake and motivated.

Parents of young children with an excitable or exuberant temperament could adapt their parenting style to help moderate their child's potential development of Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder ...

A peek inside the brains of more than 750 children and teens reveals a key difference in brain architecture between those with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and those without. Kids and ...

ADHD (Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder), is a real brain-based condition that affects millions of children and adults ...

Prescription stimulants, such as Ritalin and Adderall, are widely used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), including in children. In the U.S., about 3.5 million children aged 3 ...

Treatment with methylphenidate (multiple brands) may affect the development of the brain's signal-carrying white matter in boys with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), new research ...

ADHD is a widely misunderstood condition. Knowing what ADHD is, and what it isn’t, can raise awareness of the condition and ...

Largest imaging study of ADHD to date identifies differences in five regions of the brain, with greatest differences seen in children rather than adults. The study is the largest to look at the brain ...

Researchers led by New York University have found that a stimulant drug may be able to treat persistent daydreaming, fatigue, and brain sluggishness, also known as sluggish cognitive tempo (SCT). The ...

When a child has a language delay, people tend to accept this fact at face value: Joseph is 6 but speaks like a 3-year-old. While understandably upsetting to many parents, no one expects Joseph to ...

Upon learning a child has attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, many parents may engage in self-blame. "It's my fault since I have ADHD," or "My child has to give up on the life they would have ...