ADHD News

A global analysis of over 56 million pregnancies confirms that maternal diabetes significantly raises the risk of neurodevelopmental issues like autism and ADHD in children.

The study was published in the journal Nature Mental Health Researchers said adding emotional dysregulation as a key part of ADHD will help people better understand the problems the child is experiencing A researcher also said that this may help advance effective treatments for the regulation of emotion, such as cognitive behavioural therapy

Abnormality in a brain structure linked with movement may be causing the developmental language disorder seen among children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and dyslexia, according to a new study on Friday.

While exuberance in pre-schoolers can be very positive, research shows exuberant children can also have difficulty with self-regulation and executive functions According to developmental psychologists, temperament, parenting, and the brain's executive functions all play a role in the development of ADHD symptoms Researchers say that the study shows that parents can help break down the pathways that lead to ADHD through more engaged parenting behaviours

The study reveals that children with a higher genetic susceptibility to ASD used devices with screens longer (3 hours a day or 4+ hours a day) from early childhood.

Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a neurodevelopmental condition in children and teens that extends into adulthood in up to around two thirds of cases. Worldwide, its prevalence is estimated to be around 5 per cent in children/teenagers and 2.5 per cent in adults.

The study reveals that schizophrenia genes influence a critical function of the placenta to sense nutrients in the mother's bloodstream, including oxygen, and exchange nutrients based on what it finds.

Women with ADHD are are eight times more likely to attempt suicide. A nationally representative Canadian study reported men with ADHD were also more likely to have attempted suicide compared to men without ADHD. Adults with ADHD who had been exposed to chronic parental domestic violence had triple the odds of suicide attempts.

The study, published in the journal Pediatrics, included 93 children -- 45 children with ADHD and 48 without the condition.

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The findings have ramifications for parents, schools, technology companies and paediatricians concerned that tech-dependent teens are driven to distraction or worse.

Dysfunction in a gene that can lead to attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and depression has been identified.

Struggling to concentrate, having too much energy and being unable to control behaviour - the main manifestations of ADHD. ADHD sufferers often show greater alertness in the evening, which is the opposite of what is found in the general population.

Many sufferers benefit from taking melatonin in the evening or bright light therapy in the morning, which can help reset the circadian rhythm.

Based on a large amount of data from previous studies on these participants, the researchers identified a correlation between various psychiatric disorders among children and later risk of developing addictions.

When human body is stressed, it releases cortisol -- stress hormones -- to handle higher stress, a mechanism that also persists during pregnancy. 

Previous studies had showed that other brain regions such as caudate and putamen are also smaller in people with ADHD.

Experiencing music at an early age can contribute to better brain development and may as well be useful in treating autism and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).

A new review of mind-wandering research, led by University of British Columbia in Canada, proposes a new framework for understanding how thoughts flow, even at rest.http://zeenews.india.com/tags/depression.html

Children with autism spectrum disorder may mistakenly be diagnosed with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) because they have autism-related social impairments rather than problems with attention.