Is your child just an active kid, or might they have attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder? It can be hard to tell at ...

More kids and adults are being diagnosed with ADHD than ever before, and experts say awareness and environmental changes both play a role. McKenzie Health ...

Black kids are misdiagnosed and over-policed, making it easy to make excuses about why we can’t teach them and why they can’t be successful. (Photo: Nappy.co/alyssasieb) When a new Centers for Disease ...

ADHD symptoms occur on a continuum and can fluctuate dramatically based on life circumstances such as transitions to middle ...

ADHD may not be overdiagnosed at all. Researchers say it’s more accurate to view it as a spectrum condition that changes over ...

When pediatricians diagnose preschoolers with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, there are clear steps they are supposed to take. Families should first be referred to behavior therapy, which ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Children who don't show a hand preference are more likely than their righty or lefty peers to perform poorly in school, a new study in the journal Pediatrics shows. And ...

ADHD in women often goes undiagnosed because its symptoms can differ from the classic hyperactive behavior typically seen in ...

Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is one of the most common chronic conditions in pediatrics. The short-term benefits of stimulant medication on the ...

Many parents brace for the sugar rush that seems to follow a night of trick-or-treating. But is it based in fact?

Assessment areas include intellectual ability, cognitive difficulties such as ADHD, learning disabilities, psychotic disorder, bipolar, depressive disorders, anxiety, trauma, physical symptoms causing ...

What some teachers see as disruptive behavior in Black children closely tracks broader symptoms of attention-deficit disorder When a new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report last week ...