ADHD News

A variety of queries from readers have arrived at Lifelines over the last few weeks, so we'll address some of them in this column.

Experience: "Empower Behavioral Health, Alabama Psychological Services Center, Pinnacle Schools Elk River Treatment Program, and Madison County Mental Health Center School Based Program."

Black and Hispanic children with autism are markedly less likely than children from white families to receive specialty care for complications tied to the disorder, a new study finds.

'When we first set up the special needs children's racketball club we ran two sessions a week and had seven children taking part but as attendance grew we increased the number of sessions to four per week.

You do not need to leave your room. Remain sitting at your table and listen. Do not even listen, simply wait, be quiet, still and solitary.

PROBLEM: In 1997, a policy reform in Quebec expanded insurance coverage for medications.

The valerian plant, part of the valerianaceae family, is an indigenous species native to Europe and Asia but it has been naturalized in America thanks to its now well recognized tranquilizing, relaxing and sedative properties which are of great assistance when wanting to get rid of sleep problems.

The Wall St. Journal today published a debate on male infant circumcision between Ronald Goldman, Ph.D., executive director of the Circumcision Resource Center in Boston, and Ronald Gray, a circumcision advocate and researcher.

Walk into any American high school and nearly one in five boys in the hallways will have a diagnosis of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder.

In a study which looked at the co-occurrence of autism spectrum disorder and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder , researchers found that nearly one-third of young children with ASD also have clinically significant ADHD symptoms.

New York's senior senator wants colleges to come back from summer break with a plan on how to deal with abuse of prescription ADHD pills.

"This is the best party ever!" said Tyrel Deville, who turned 9 the weekend after his new home was dedicated.

A few years ago, a friend, whose child attends a school for kids with learning disabilities, tried to start a book club for parents at the school.

With the onset of summer, several activities are starting to reach full swing - tanning, hiking, studying for final exams for many college and high school students and, of course, misuse and abuse of central nervous system stimulants such as Ritalin or Adderall .

Scientists claim to have discovered why some people like to spend their nights at wild parties while others prefer to stay in with a cup of tea.

On 22 May, the American Psychiatric Association published DSM-5 , the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders , after months, perhaps even years, of speculation about its contents.

Life has not been easy for my Asperger/ADHD/Bipolar/Asthma/PANDAS Syndrome son lately.

Sally and Edward, her husband of 19 years, have three kids, two of whom have Asperger's syndrome.

There's more stress for parents with a child diagnosed with ADHD. Drugs needed to treat their child's diagnosis are in short supply.

Mental illness carries with it an undeserved stigma that makes those with disorders such as ADHD the impression that they are somehow, "broken," or "defective."