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January 5, 2021Nearly one in four women with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD or ADD) has attempted suicide, according to Canada’s Archives of Suicide Research study1, which found that adults with ADHD in general are five times more likely to attempt suicide than are their neurotypical peers (14% vs. 2.7%).

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Study: Diagnosed and Subthreshold ADHD Equally Impair Educational Outcomes in Children

December 21, 2020Children with diagnosed attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD or ADD) or with subthreshold ADHD (meeting some but not all of the required clinical criteria for ADHD) had equally poor educational outcomes and lower educational attainment compared to controls, according to a new Journal of Attention Disorders study.1Data was draw from the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children birth cohort and the Children’s Attention Project.

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Study: Discontinuing Stimulant Medication Negatively Impacts Pregnant Women with ADHD

December 17, 2020Women who discontinued stimulant medication use during pregnancy experienced a significant increase in postnatal depression despite not changing their antidepressant medication, as well as significant impairment in family functioning. These findings, published in the Journal of Attention Disorders1, come from the first study to characterize the course of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD or ADD) during pregnancy, including treatment decisions and associated maternal outcomes.

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Study: Time Perception Deficits More Prevalent Among Children with ADHD

December 15, 2020Time perception among children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD or ADD) is less accurate and less precise compared to children without ADHD, according to a new Journal of Attention Disorders study1, which states that, “Time perception refers to an individual’s subjective experience of event durations and the passage of time.” Previous research has shown that children with ADHD show lower accuracy in time-perception tasks, but results had been inconsistent.The present meta-analysis drew 1,620 participants with ADHD (83% male) and 1,249 controls (57% male) from 27 studies that compared time-perception impairment among children and adolescents with and without ADHD.Participants with ADHD demonstrated less

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Study: Long-Term Health Outcomes of Childhood ADHD are Chronic, Severe

November 24, 2020Childhood attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD or ADD) is a chronic health problem that significantly impacts functioning into adulthood and increases the risk for multiple adverse long-term outcomes, according to findings from a new study published in the Journal of Attention Disorders.1The study, which included 232 adults with childhood ADHD and 335 adults without childhood ADHD from a 1976 to 1982 birth cohort, found that ADHD was associated with a greater likelihood for the following:Notably, this new research did not compare outcomes for ADHD patients who received treatment and those who did not, however previous research on the same birth cohort found that ADHD medication use was linked to reduced rates of

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Study: Children with ADHD More Likely to Bully — and to Be Bullied

November 23, 2020School-aged children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD or ADD) demonstrated a significant risk (3 to 17 times greater than that of their neurotypical peers) for being a bully, being a victim of bullying, or both, according to a study from the Journal of Attention Disorders.1 The link between increased rates of bullying and neurodevelopmental disorders has been previously observed among children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and learning disabilities (LD).2Researchers conducted secondary data analysis of 199 childhood ADHD cases and 287 non-ADHD referents — all of whom answered a psychosocial questionnaire regarding peer encounters during elementary, middle, or high school where they classified

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Study: ADHD May Diminish Brain Tolerance to Subconcussive Head Impacts

November 13, 2020Brain tolerance to repetitive subconcussive head impacts may be diminished by attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD or ADD), according to a study of soccer players recently published in the Journal of Attention Disorders.1 In high school and college athletes, ADHD increases the risk for concussion, “accompanied by amplified concussion symptoms, prolonged recovery, and impaired performance on working memory tasks.”2 The majority of college athletes with ADHD participate in contact sports, where they can “sustain several hundred to a thousand subconcussive head impacts per season.”3 Subconcussive head impacts are defined as hits to the head that don’t result in overt concussion symptoms.Researchers conducted a

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Study: Living with ADHD Causes Significant Socioeconomic Burden

October 21, 2020Living with ADHD may cost an individual $15,664 over a lifetime, and approximately $12.76 billion annually in the United States. This finding comes from a study published in the Journal of Attention Disorders1that attempted to comprehensively document the social and economic costs associated with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD or ADD) using a lifespan approach.

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Study: ADHD Symptoms in Girls Diminish with Extracurricular Sports Activity

October 16, 2020Symptoms of ADHD in girls significantly diminished with consistent participation in organized sports, according to a new study published in the journal Preventive Medicine1. The research charted relatively improved behavior and attentiveness among girls with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD or ADD) who regularly engaged in extracurricular sports or activities compared to those who did not, but it found no such association among boys with ADHD.Participants came from a prospective-longitudinal birth cohort of 758 girls and 733 boys from Quebec, Canada.

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Study: New Parent Behavior Therapy Yields Longer ADHD Symptom Control in Children

October 6, 2020Parent Behavior Therapy (PBT) enhanced with Schema Therapy (ST) significantly reduced the rate of ADHD symptom relapse among children, according to a study published recently in the Journal of Attention Disorders.1 Schema Therapy “is a structured therapeutic approach incorporating elements of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), attachment theory, emotion-focused therapy, and psychodynamic thinking.”2 ST identifies schemas, such as self-defeating perceptions, and helps patients replace maladaptive coping styles with adaptive patterns of behavior.ST has been found to enable significant personality changes that remain stable even after one year.

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Study: Hospitalized Girls with ADHD at Higher Risk for Non-Suicidal Self-Injury

September 24, 2020Hospitalized adolescent girls with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD or ADD) are more likely to experience non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI)1 than are boys with ADHD, according to a study recently presented at the virtual congress of the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology. This study, which found NSSI correlated most strongly with ADHD comorbidities like affective and psychotic disorders, follows an ongoing body of research analyzing the link between ADHD in girls and an elevated risk for self-injury.2Findings came from a cross-sectional study of 202 adolescent inpatients (51% female) at the Vadaskert Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Hospital in Budapest.

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Meta-Analysis: Prevalence of ADHD Diagnoses Higher Among Black Americans

September 22, 2020Black Americans are more likely to be diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD or ADD) than the general population, according to findings of a systematic review and meta-analysis published in JAMA Psychiatry.1 These findings seem to contradict the DSM-5, which suggests that the prevalence of ADHD is relatively lower among Black individuals. The new meta-analysis did not determine whether the higher diagnosis rate is due to elevated risk factors for Black Americans, culturally insensitive evaluation tools, racial bias, other factors, or some combination therein.Black individuals living in countries where they are considered a minority are underrepresented in studies evaluating ADHD.

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Study: CBT for ADHD Helps College Students Target Inattention, Executive Dysfunction

September 23, 2020A new cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) program for college students with ADHD was found to effectively reduce symptoms of inattention and enhance executive function (EF), according to a study published in the Journal of Attention Disorders.1 Cognitive behavioral therapy is a short-term, goal-oriented form of psychotherapy that aims to change negative patterns of thinking and change the way a patient feels about their self, abilities, and future.

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Why Do People Engage In Risky Behaviors? How Perceived Benefit Motivates Adults with ADHD

September 21, 2020Perceived benefit plays a significant role in explaining why adults with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD or ADD) experience increased engagement in risky behavior (ERB), according to a new study published in the Journal of Attention Disorders.1 Specifically, adults with ADHD are more likely to over-estimate benefits when weighing a decision, leading them to relatively riskier behaviors, the research suggests.For the study, 97 adults with ADHD, ages 20-40, were administered two questionnaires designed to compare different ways of conceptualizing decision-making under risk. The Adult Risk-Taking Inventory (ARTI) — comprising 40 descriptions of risky behavior — was administered first.

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New Research: Two Types of Amphetamines Shown to Effectively Treat ADHD in Adults

September 15, 2020New research1 suggests that two novel types of amphetamines may effectively treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD or ADD) in adults: SHP465 mixed amphetamine salts (MAS) and AR19 fast-release amphetamine sulfate. The findings were announced at the Psych Congress Virtual Experience from September 11 to 13.The investigational stimulant AR19 is a pellets-in-capsule, fast-release amphetamine sulfate with physical and chemical barriers designed to prevent abuse by snorting, smoking, and intravenous injection.

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Culturally Adapted Treatment Improves Understanding of ADHD In Latinx Families

August 31, 2020Latinx parents are more likely to recognize and understand attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD or ADD) after engaging with their children in culturally adapted treatment (CAT) for ADHD that includes parent management training sessions adapted to be more culturally appropriate and acceptable, plus home visits to practice skills. Within Latinx families, CAT outperformed the more traditional evidence-based treatment (EBT) in terms of parent-reported knowledge of ADHD, which is correlated with better treatment longevity and outcomes for children.

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Genetic Meta-Analysis: Risk for ADHD is Higher When a Child’s Parent Has ADHD

August 28, 2020Children of parents who have attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD or ADD) have an increased risk of developing ADHD compared to children of neurotypical parents, according to a systematic literature review and meta-analysis published in the Journal of Attention Disorders.1 This new paper confirms previous research regarding the genetic underpinnings of ADHD, and its hereditary nature.In studying four statistically valid articles that detailed the prevalence of ADHD in the children whose parents also had the condition, researchers found the overall prevalence for ADHD among this “high-risk” population ranged from 40% to 57% — significantly higher than that of the control groups, which ranged from 2% to 20%.

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Study: ADHD in Toddlers May Be Predicted by Infant Attentional Behaviors

August 12, 2020An infant’s attentional behaviors can predict later symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD or ADD). What’s more, non-social sensory attention in infants — actively exploring the sensory feaures of an environment — is significantly related to later ADHD symptom severity, according to findings from a recent study in the Journal of Attention Disorders.1Researchers analyzed data from First Year Inventory v.

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Study: ADHD Symptoms in Preschoolers May Exist Only in School or at Home Due to Varying Risk Factors

July 30, 2020ADHD in preschoolers is sometimes situational — symptoms flare in school but not at home, and vice versa. This variation in symptoms reported by teachers versus parents may stem, in part, from differences in contextual risk factors, according to a new study from Taiwan.1The study found that children who exhibited ADHD symptoms only at school were more likely to have deficits in attentional control, specifically.

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Study: ADHD, Diet, Exercise, Screen Time All Directly or Indirectly Impact Sleep

July 27, 2020Children with ADHD commonly experience sleep problems. New research suggests that caregivers can best mediate the negative effects of ADHD on sleep by using three levers: improved diet, increased physical activity, and decreased screen time.

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Study: Raising a Child with ADHD Negatively Impacts Caregivers’ Mental Wellbeing

July 27, 2020Raising a child with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD or ADD) negatively impacts a caregiver’s mental wellbeing, hours and quality of sleep, satisfaction with leisure time, health, life satisfaction, and happiness with relationships, according to a new study published in the Journal of Attention Disorders.1Researchers in the U.K. studied 549 families with at least one child (aged 6-18) with ADHD, and compared them to two control groups — one taken from the U.K.’s largest household longitudinal study and the other from a cohort of 18,000 patients from South Yorkshire.

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Stimulant Medication Safety is Target of New Digital Course and Video Series

July 22, 2020A new interactive video series and digital course1 aim to educate patients with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD or ADD) and their caregivers about the safe use of prescription stimulant medications. Adlon Therapeutics and the Prescription Drug Safety Network (PDSN) released these resources in an effort to address prescription drug misuse among adolescents and young adults.

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Teens with ADHD Should Be Regularly Screened for Substance Use Disorder: International Consensus Reached

July 17, 2020Substance use disorder (SUD) is more common in adolescents and young adults with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD or ADD), according to research that also found earlier use of alcohol and drugs among teens with ADHD than among their neurotypical peers.1 “Early onset SUD increases the likelihood of academic failure, suicidal behavior, and incarceration,” yet scant conclusive research exists on whether effective ADHD treatment helps to prevent adolescent SUD.

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Study Shows Gender Disparities in ADHD Symptoms of Hyperactivity and Poor Response Inhibition

June 26, 2020Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) manifests differently in girls and boys, with two key gender differences: Girls with ADHD are less physically hyperactive than are boys with the condition, and they have fewer motor response inhibition problems. This is the finding of a new meta-analysis published in the Journal of Attention Disorders1, which notably found no significant differences between the genders in terms of working memory or attention.

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Study: Mindfulness-Enhanced Behavioral Parent Training More Beneficial for ADHD Families

June 29, 2020Behavioral parent training (BPT) enhanced with mindfulness techniques improves harsh discipline practices and behavioral regulation among parents of children with ADHD more so than standard BPT, according to findings published in the Journal of Attention Disorders.1 This study, which was among the first to compare the efficacy of mindfulness-enhanced versus standard BPT interventions for parents of children with ADHD, found no significant differences in mindful parenting, parenting distress, or dysfunctional parent-child interactions.Participants included 63 parents of children diagnosed with ADHD ages 6 through 11.

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Study Explores Why Fewer African American Children with ADHD Are Treated with Medication

June 23, 2020Nearly 79% of White children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) take medication to manage their symptoms, following a thorough diagnosis and prescription by a medical provider. Among African American children with ADHD, this number is only 27.3% — and the rate of medication discontinuation is comparatively higher as well.

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A Video Game Prescription for ADHD? FDA Approves First-Ever Game-Based Therapy for Attention

June 18, 2020A prescription-only video game called EndeavorRx has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to treat attention functioning in patients with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).1 Developed by Akili Interactive, this is the first game-based digital therapeutic device to receive marketing and prescription authorization by the FDA for any type of condition. An emergency release of EndeavorRx was authorized by the FDA in April in response to the pandemic.EndeavorRx is approved for children 8 to 12 years old with primarily inattentive or combined-type ADHD; it is an iPhone and iPad game that promises to improve attention function, as measured by computer-based testing.

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New Guidelines for Starting an ADHD Medication While in Quarantine

May 21, 2020

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Study: Emotional Dysregulation Associated with Weak, Risky Romantic Relationships Among Teens with ADHD

May 20, 2020

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Study: Teacher Rating Scales “Valid and Time-Efficient” Measure for Assessing ADHD

May 18, 2020

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Study: Mindfulness Exercises Effectively Reduce Symptoms in Boys with ADHD and ODD

May 19, 2020

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FDA OKs ADHD Video Game Therapy for Emergency Release During the Pandemic

April 24, 2020

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New Study: Adult ADHD Diagnosis Criteria Should Include Emotional Symptoms

April 21, 2020

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Study: Neurofeedback Effectively Treats ADHD

April 9, 2020

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Review: Anxiety Disorders More Than Twice as Common in Adults with Autism

March 30, 2020

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