Comorbid ASD in youth with ADHD is linked to greater healthcare utilization and distinct medication treatment patterns.

Adults with ADHD have a shorter life expectancy due to unmet treatment needs and modifiable risk factors. The study found men with ADHD lose 6.78 years and women lose 8.64 years compared to controls.

When kids with ADHD need medicines to help with symptoms like hyperactivity, inattention, or impulsivity, doctors usually suggest stimulants first. But some children don’t respond well to these drugs ...

Growing up, Dusti Arab of Portland, OR, was a gifted student who did well in school. But as an adult, “I would hit a snag in a project and be completely unable to move forward,” she says. “I'd throw ...

schizo cropped Not only is it difficult to diagnose patients who suffer from both of these disorders, treatment is challenging due to the controversial evidence regarding appropriate therapy.

For many late-identified adults with ADHD, the ones who muddled through the school years by doing enough to get by with the knowledge they had the potential to do better, it is often problems in the ...

As a result, quieter presentations, such as daydreaming, inattention, and internalizing symptoms, many of which are typical in girls, were not considered. Girls were subsequently misdiagnosed with ...

Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has historically been thought of as a childhood illness. Therefore, it may surprise you to learn that up to 50% of ...