Despite decades of research, these ADHD myths still affect how people understand attention and behavior.

Until a few decades ago, in Italy, the idea that psychiatric drugs were prescribed to children in the United States seemed almost science fiction. It seemed to belong to another world, far from our ...

For years, people thought that attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) was a problem that only kids had. It was marked by loud, restless boys who couldn’t sit quietly in class. Girls and women ...

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is still thought of as a childhood condition, even while it persists into adulthood for many patients who are diagnosed as children. But now, ...

Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) may be common, but it’s also sometimes hard to spot. ADHD is usually first diagnosed in childhood and is one of the ...

Women are driving soaring use of ADHD medication, experts say. Researchers from the University of Oxford highlighted a 20-fold rise in use of drugs to manage the condition among w ...

As our knowledge of the paradoxical condition grows, so is our understanding of how to channel ADHD as a strength. In 2010, ...

Compared with healthy children, those with ADHD experience significantly lower levels of positive parenting and higher levels of negative parenting.

Long-term methylphenidate use in childhood links to higher adult BMI and slightly shorter height, underscoring the need for ...