ADHD

It's finals week: Do you know what your teen is taking to study so hard?

2013-05-21 16:18:00

By the end of high school, 12% of teens say they have taken a stimulant medication for reasons other than to treat attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). But parents, including many of those whose kids are taking ADHD drugs in a bid to boost...

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder linked to adult obesity

2013-05-20 13:44:00

Having childhood attention deficit hyperactivity disorder could lead to a life of obesity, even if�ADHD symptoms disappear in adulthood, a new study shows. The study, which followed up on 207 middle-class men who had been diagnosed with ADHD as...

Mental illness in youth: a common struggle

2013-05-17 13:55:00

Go to a busy street in your community and count the next 25 adolescents who walk, bike, skateboard, stroll or saunter past. Odds are that two of those 25 kids (8.3% to be exact) would own up to having experienced 14 or more days in the last month that...

Texas pitcher gives teammate urine for drug test; test still fails

2013-05-07 13:48:00

This story would be funny if it weren't so sad. Texas Longhorns pitcher Corey Knebel was suspended from the team on Friday because he substituted his urine sample for a teammate's to prevent the teammate from failing a drug test. Problem: Knebel's urine...

Addressing girls' health needs at juvenile detention centers

2013-03-16 16:25:00

Latrice lifts the sleeve of her gray sweatshirt to reveal small, dark lines — scars from slicing her forearm over and over to drown out pain from years of sexual abuse. She says she was an alcoholic, dropped out of school in the eighth grade and got...

Emergency room visits for ADHD medications rise sharply, report says

2013-01-25 06:00:00

Problems with stimulant medications used to treat symptoms of attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are sending an increasing number of Americans to emergency departments for treatment, a new government report warns. Between 2005 and 2010,...

Rodent of the Week: Ritalin and Prozac -- a troubling combo for children?

2011-07-15 16:22:00

Four in 10 kids who get a diagnosis of either depression or attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) end up getting both diagnoses sometime in their young lives. That means a lot will spend�some part of their adolescence�taking two psychiatric...

This is your mind on meditation: less wandering, more doing

2011-11-22 16:41:00

The brains of experienced meditators appear to be fitter, more disciplined and more "on task" than do the brains of those trying out meditation for the first time. And the differences between the two groups are evident not only during meditation, when...

ADHD meds OK for kids' hearts, study says

2011-05-17 23:02:00

Children taking stimulant medications to quell symptoms of attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) have a very low risk of suffering heart attack, stroke or sudden, unexplained death, and the probability that they will suffer such a crisis�...

Album review: N.E.R.D.'s 'Nothing'

2010-11-02 16:34:40

Over 100 major leaguers approved for ADD drugs

2010-12-01 16:32:51

It's back: The food coloring/hyperactivity debate and the red bug

2011-03-28 16:35:38

Boys with ADHD were more likely than other boys to grow up to be men with high BMIs, a new study has found.

2013-05-20 14:01:00

Melissa Grove is a licensed professional counselor for Summit Behavioral Health, an affiliate of Summit Health. She is showing an expandable ball that is one of many toys or objects child and adult patients who have attention deficit hyperactivity disorder use during sessions.

2012-07-27 00:00:00

ADHD diagnoses among Southern California schoolchildren rose steeply between 2001 and 2010, with particularly sharp increases among African American girls.

2011-10-05 00:00:00