About 11 percent of school-age children in the United States have been diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). While many of these children eventually "outgrow" the disorder, some carry their difficulties into adulthood: About 10 million American adults are currently ...
Date Posted: June 13, 2014
Categories: Adult ADHD, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
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Can exercise reduce behavior problems and enhance cognition in children with ADHD?
Results from multiple studies indicate that exercise mitigates aging-related declines in cognitive functioning and that it may ...
Jun 10
Categories: Adult ADHD, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
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Neuroscientists have pinpointed the neural activity involved in avoiding distraction, a new study reports.
This is the first study showing that our brains rely on an active suppression system to help us focus on the task at hand.
May 14
Categories: Adult ADHD, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
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Neurofeedback - also known as EEG Biofeedback - is an ADHD treatment in which individuals learn to alter their typical EEG pattern to one that is consistent with a focused, attentive state. This is done by collecting ...
May 5
Categories: Adult ADHD, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
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The 60 trillion cells that comprise our bodies communicate constantly. Information travels when chemical compounds released by some cells are received by receptors in the membrane of another cell. In a paper published in the Journal of ...
Apr 28
Categories: Adult ADHD, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
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Self-control can be difficult - sticking with a diet or trying to focus attention on a boring textbook are hard things to do. Considerable research suggests one potential explanation for this difficulty: Exerting self-control for a long period seems ...
Apr 26
Categories: Adult ADHD, Control Issues
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As awareness of ADHD in adults increases, so do efforts to develop effective treatments for adults that can complement, or substitute for, medication. One promising treatment is mindfulness meditation training. In ...
Dec 11
Categories: Adult ADHD, Mindfulness, Mindfulness Meditation
GOScientists have found evidence of a link between social and economic status and childhood attention deficit disorder (ADHD) in the UK. A team led by the University of Exeter Medical School analysed data from the Millennium Cohort Study, a database ...
Nov 27
Categories: Adult ADHD, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
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Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, is the most common childhood psychiatric disorder. Scientists do not know what causes it, but genetics play a clear role. Other risk factors have also been identified, including premature birth, low ...
Oct 23
Categories: Adult ADHD
GOMost of us are on the Internet on a daily basis and whether we like it or not, the Internet is affecting us. It changes how we ...
May 9
Categories: Addictions, Adult ADHD, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder ...
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The first large, population-based study to follow children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder into adulthood shows that ADHD often doesn't go away and that children with ADHD are more likely to have other psychiatric disorders as adults. ...
Mar 5
Categories: Adult ADHD, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
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On the surface, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) and attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) appear very similar, with impaired attention, memory, or behavioral control. But Prof. Reuven Dar of Tel Aviv University's School of ...
Dec 19
Categories: Adult ADHD, Obsessions & Compulsions (OCD)
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While previous research has shown that people with ADHD are more likely to enter a life of crime, it has remained uncertain how ADHD medication affects this risk. After having studied over 25,000 individuals with ADHD from different registries over ...
Nov 26
Categories: Adult ADHD, Aggression & Violence
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