A planning committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will organize a public workshop that will provide an opportunity for ...

Health and well-being don't jump to mind when discussing adult ADHD, and neither do poor health, suffering, disability, and ...

The first US clinical guidelines to diagnose and treat attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in adults are expected to be released this fall, providing ...

Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a disorder that affects the way the brain grows and develops from childhood. About 6% of U.S. adults have been ...

A sweeping new review of ADHD treatments—drawing on more than 200 meta-analyses—cuts through years of mixed messaging and hype. To make sense of it all, researchers have launched an interactive, ...

The separate ADHD module of the MINI-Plus allows a systematic assessment of ADHD symptoms and guidelines for diagnosis. The questions are almost similar to those of ...

ADHD symptoms often start in childhood and can affect success at school, work, and home. Treatment can improve the lives of ...

Adults diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder have a nearly three times greater risk of developing dementia than those without ADHD, according to a ...

Allison Burk’s teenage daughter struggled with uncontrolled emotions, a shrinking attention span, and a growing tendency to procrastinate. A family doctor suggested ADHD testing, which led to an ...

ADHD is common and is progressively being recognized as a disorder affecting people across the lifespan. ADHD is associated with multiple negative personal outcomes, including lower education, ...

An analysis of U.S. Medicaid data found that 26.7% of autistic adults without intellectual disability had an ADHD diagnosis.

ADHD among adults in the United States is a common mental health condition. The condition impairs social, academic, and occupational functioning. The burden of ADHD includes lower earnings, lower ...