http://medicalxpress.com/attention-deficit-disorders-news/ en-us PhysOrg Team Medical Xpress provides the latest research news on attention deficit hyperactivity disorder A new program for treating the emotional health of mothers of children with ADHD has shown significant benefits for the children themselves, finds a new study by University of Maryland researchers. The program combines treatment for a mother's stress/depression with behavioral parenting skills training. The study's findings were recently published in the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-parenting-benefits-adhd-children.html Attention deficit disorders 2013-05-24T08:20:01-07:00 Early-life exposure to traffic-related air pollution was significantly associated with higher hyperactivity scores at age 7, according to new research from the University of Cincinnati (UC) and Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-early-life-traffic-related-air-pollution-exposure.html Attention deficit disorders 2013-05-21T00:10:01-07:00 A new study conducted by researchers at the Child Study Center at NYU Langone Medical Center found men diagnosed as children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) were twice as likely to be obese in a 33-year follow-up study compared to men who were not diagnosed with the condition. The study appears in the May 20 online edition of Pediatrics. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-long-term-reveals-link-childhood-adhd.html Attention deficit disorders 2013-05-20T11:37:52-07:00 Researchers are interested in exploring how sunlight, sleep and screens (like those on computers and TVs) may affect those with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), says Dr. L. Eugene Arnold, a child psychiatrist and ADHD expert at the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center's Nisonger Center. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-expert-explores-sunlight-affect-adhd.html Attention deficit disorders 2013-05-17T08:07:11-07:00 Long-term treatment of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) with certain stimulant medications may alter the density of the dopamine transporter, according to research published May 15 in the open access journal PLOS ONE by Gene-Jack Wang and colleagues from Brookhaven National Laboratory and the intramural program at NIH. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-long-term-adhd-treatment-brain-dopamine.html Attention deficit disorders 2013-05-15T17:04:19-07:00 Breastfeeding has a positive impact on the physical and mental development of infants. A new study suggests that breastfeeding may protect against the development of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) later in childhood. The study is reported in Breastfeeding Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-breastfeeding-adhd.html Attention deficit disorders 2013-05-14T12:35:28-07:00 The stimulant drug methylphenidate "normalizes" activation of several brain areas in young patients with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), according to a review published in the May Harvard Review of Psychiatry. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-methylphenidate-key-brain-areas-kids.html Attention deficit disorders 2013-05-09T16:09:08-07:00 A recent study by pediatricians from the Cohen Children's Medical Center of New York examined to what extent pediatric physicians adhere to American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) clinical guidelines regarding pharmacotherapy in treating young patients with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). The results showed that more than 90 percent of medical specialists who diagnose and manage ADHD in preschoolers do not follow treatment guidelines recently published by the AAP. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-percent-pediatric-specialists-clinical-guidelines.html Attention deficit disorders 2013-05-04T04:50:02-07:00 (HealthDay)—When the latest version of what is considered the "bible" of psychiatry is unveiled in May, experts believe several changes in it will broaden both the definition and diagnosis of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder—or ADHD. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-psychiatry-bible-widen-definition-adhd.html Attention deficit disorders 2013-04-12T13:02:53-07:00 (HealthDay)—Parent behavior training is an effective and well-studied intervention for preschoolers at risk of developing attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), a new review shows. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-parent-focused-classes-tots-adhd.html Attention deficit disorders 2013-04-01T11:30:01-07:00 Nearly one in five American teenage boys is diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, marking a dramatic rise in the past decade, the New York Times reported on Monday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-teenage-boys-adhd.html Attention deficit disorders 2013-04-01T09:02:55-07:00 The first large, population-based study to follow children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) 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. Although numbers were small, they also appear more likely to commit suicide and are often incarcerated as adults. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-adhd-toll-adulthood.html Attention deficit disorders 2013-03-04T00:20:01-07:00 A University of Illinois study has established a possible link between high-fat diets and such childhood brain-based conditions as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and memory-dependent learning disabilities. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-link-childhood-obesity-adhd-disabilities.html Attention deficit disorders 2013-02-19T12:30:01-07:00 Nine out of 10 young children with moderate to severe attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) continue to experience serious, often severe symptoms and impairment long after their original diagnoses and, in many cases, despite treatment, according to a federally funded multi-center study led by investigators at Johns Hopkins Children's Center. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-adhd-symptoms-persist-young-children.html Attention deficit disorders 2013-02-11T16:12:07-07:00 A new study published online in the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry revealed a significantly higher prevalence of substance abuse and cigarette use by adolescents with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) histories than in those without ADHD. Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic of UPMC as well as six other health centers across the United States also found that, contrary to previous findings, current medications for ADHD do not counter the risk for substance abuse and substance use disorder (SUD) among teenagers. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-large-substance-abuse-higher-teenagers.html Attention deficit disorders 2013-02-11T12:55:36-07:00 Is your child like this? "He does not sit still, he makes you crazy always tapping or moving his leg, he cannot do one thing at a time, he is unable to remain seated at the table during dinner, he goes up and down in the chair without stopping, it's like he's got a motor in him, he doesn't stop talking " In school you hear the teachers say things like "does not listen, does not pay attention, loses everything, unable to do his own work, takes so much time to do, makes so many mistakes'. This is called Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-dna-chip-attention-deficit-hyperactivity.html Attention deficit disorders 2013-02-08T06:20:01-07:00 (HealthDay)—Children of parents reporting intimate partner violence (IPV) and depressive symptoms within the first three years of a child's life are significantly more likely to have a diagnosis of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, according to a study published online Feb. 4 in JAMA Pediatrics. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-children-battered-parents-adhd.html Attention deficit disorders 2013-02-05T14:10:01-07:00 (HealthDay)—Under blinded conditions, non-pharmacological treatments for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) show limited evidence of symptom improvement, according to a meta-analysis published online Jan. 30 in the American Journal of Psychiatry. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-dietary-interventions-adhd-symptoms.html Attention deficit disorders 2013-01-30T15:50:01-07:00 (HealthDay)—Many parents pursue costly and time-consuming treatments to help their children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Now, a new study finds little evidence that non-drug interventions reduce key symptoms of ADHD. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-non-drug-adhd-treatments-dont-pan.html Attention deficit disorders 2013-01-30T11:00:03-07:00 (HealthDay)—U.S. emergency department visits involving attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) drugs more than doubled from 2005 to 2010, with the largest hike occurring among adults, says a new government report. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-er-linked-adhd-meds-sharply.html Attention deficit disorders 2013-01-25T17:20:01-07:00 A study of medical records at the Kaiser Permanente Southern California health plan suggests the rate of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) diagnosis increased from 2001 to 2010, according to a report published Online First by JAMA Pediatrics. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-diagnosis-attention-deficit-hyperactivity-disorder.html Attention deficit disorders 2013-01-21T16:00:07-07:00 Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is the most common childhood neuropsychiatric disorder. Yet there is currently no tool that will confirm the diagnosis of ADHD. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-dna-chip-attention-deficit-hyperactivity.html Attention deficit disorders 2013-01-21T08:48:32-07:00 (Medical Xpress)—Adolescent boys with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are more likely to be shorter and slimmer than their same-age peers, according to a new study published in the Medical Journal of Australia today. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-adhd-medication-growth-teenage-boys.html Attention deficit disorders 2013-01-21T06:46:22-07:00 (HealthDay)—If children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, continue to have the condition in adulthood, a new study suggests that they may face an array of physical and mental health issues. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-adhd-lifelong-problems.html Attention deficit disorders 2012-12-10T10:50:02-07:00 In a study published today in Pediatrics, scientists at Umeå University in Sweden conclude that giving iron supplements to low birth weight infants reduces the risk of behavior problems like ADHD later in life. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-iron-supplements-adhd-birth-weight.html Attention deficit disorders 2012-12-10T08:56:51-07:00 Children who had in-utero exposure to ischemic-hypoxic conditions, situations during which the brain is deprived of oxygen, were significantly more likely to develop attention deficit hyperactivity disorder later in life as compared to unexposed children, according to a Kaiser Permanente study published in the journal Pediatrics. The findings suggest that events in pregnancy may contribute to the occurrence of ADHD over and above well-known familial and genetic influences of the disorder. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-association-oxygen-deprivation-birth-adhd.html Attention deficit disorders 2012-12-10T02:55:18-07:00 (HealthDay)—For teens and adults who don't grow out of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, staying on ADHD medications may help them stay out of trouble. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-adhd-drugs-criminal-behavior.html Attention deficit disorders 2012-11-22T04:20:01-07:00 (HealthDay)—A new study from Iceland adds to existing evidence that kids are more likely to be diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder if they're among the youngest in their grade at school. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-youngest-kids-class-adhd-diagnosis.html Attention deficit disorders 2012-11-19T10:20:01-07:00 (Medical Xpress)—The findings are part of a study on the effects of distractors on children with ADHD. A team of researchers, led by FIU Center for Children and Families Director William E. Pelham Jr., set out to examine how distractions – such as music and television – affect children with ADHD. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-children-adhd-music-similar-positive.html Attention deficit disorders 2012-11-05T08:10:57-07:00 (Medical Xpress)—Children taking central nervous system stimulants such as Adderall and Ritalin do not face an increased risk of serious heart conditions during treatment, according to a new University of Florida study that confirms findings reported in 2011. Published in the British Medical Journal in August, the study contributes to a decade-long clinical and policy debate of treatment risks for children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-adhd-drugs-heart-conditions-children.html Attention deficit disorders 2012-11-01T07:30:01-07:00