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Deadline Alert: College Scholarship for Students with ADHD
The 2018 Michael Yasick ADHD Scholarship, funded by Shire, will award $2,000 of tuition assistance...
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Children with Autism — and Their Siblings — May Be Less Likely to Get Critical Vaccines, Study Says
Despite numerous, peer-reviewed studies finding no link between childhood vaccines and autism...
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Study: Scans Show Marked Differences in the Brains of Preschoolers with ADHD
Children with ADHD show significant neurological differences by the age of 4, according to studies of...
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Autism and ADHD Share Similar Executive Function Deficits, Study Finds
Bolstering the theory that ADHD and autism spectrum disorder share genetic underpinnings, a new study...
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Traumatic Brain Injury May Increase Risk of ADHD Later in Life
Children who experience head injuries in early childhood may be more likely to develop symptoms of...
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A Fix for Inconsistent, Ineffective ADHD Medication Use?
Many patients with ADHD don’t adhere to their prescribed treatment regimens — usually because...
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ADHD Diagnosis Rates Appear to Flatline
The prevalence of ADHD among U.S. children has not increased since 2014, according to a new national...
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Some Psychiatric Medications May Be Insufficiently Prescribed to U.S. Children, Study Says
The steady increase in diagnoses for psychiatric conditions among U.S. children has sparked some...
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Study: Supplementing Stimulants with Guanfacine May Improve Executive Functions in Children
If a stimulant medication alone isn’t adequately managing a child’s ADHD-related executive function...
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Study: Teens Less Likely to Recognize Positive Effects of ADHD Medication
Recent research finds that teens with ADHD most commonly attribute their successes to “high effort”...
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Grant Applications to Open for “Revolutionary” ADHD Learning Program
The Specialized Foundation runs a school-based mountain biking program designed to help children with...
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Specialized CBT Program May Help College Students with ADHD
A specially designed cognitive-behavioral program called ACCESS may help young adults with ADHD learn...
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Some Herbal Supplements May Interact Badly with Prescription Meds, Study Finds
Patients taking antidepressants — as well as those taking herbal supplements to manage symptoms of...
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Quillivant and QuilliChew Shortage Disrupts ADHD Treatment
A manufacturing issue, first identified in November, has caused a supply shortage of two forms of...
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CDC: ADHD Prescriptions Increase 344 Percent Among Adult Women
A recent report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that prescriptions...