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Textbooks Provide Misleading Information on the Neurobiology of ADHD
People expect textbooks to provide trainees in medicine and psychiatry with up-to-date information about biological illnesses. However, when it comes to ADHD, some researchers suggest that textbooks...
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No Brain Connectivity Differences Between Autism, ADHD, and “Typical...
In a new study, researchers analyzed fMRI brain imaging data for children with autism diagnoses, ADHD diagnoses, and no diagnoses (referred to as “typically developing”). They specifically looked at...
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Prenatal Valproate Exposure Linked with ADHD Diagnosis in Children
Children who were exposed to anti-seizure drug valproate in utero were 48% more likely to develop ADHD, according to a new study. The researchers were led by Jakob Christensen, MD, PhD, Dr Med Sci, at...
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Rates of ADHD Diagnosis and Prescription of Stimulants Continue to Rise
Two new articles find that rates of ADHD diagnosis and stimulant prescription continue to rise all over the world. One study found that the ADHD diagnosis has increased in prevalence in the US for the...
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Hallucinations Reported as Side Effect of ADHD Medication
Hallucinations and other psychotic symptoms have been reported after methylphenidate (Ritalin) treatment for ADHD, according to a new study published in the Scandinavian Journal of Child and Adolescent...
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Large Increase in Poison Control Calls for Children Taking ADHD Drugs
[Note: To hear an audio version of this report, click the play button below] https://www.madinamerica.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Peer-Simons-August-28-2018.mp3 New research published in the...
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Digital Media Use Linked to Increase in ADHD Symptoms
A new study, published in JAMA, investigates the effects of digital media use on ADHD symptoms among adolescents. The results of the twenty-four-month longitudinal study, which excluded youth that...
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Researchers Can’t Predict Whether Childhood ADHD Will Impact Adult Functioning
New research finds that a childhood ADHD diagnosis in young boys is not predictive of adult functioning. In this new study, even the severity of ADHD in childhood did not predict any adult outcome...
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The Effect of Psychiatric Diagnosis on Young People’s Sense of Self and...
A systemic review of research on the role that psychiatric diagnosis plays in shaping young people’s self-understanding and social identity was recently published in the journal Social Science &...
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Stimulant Drugs Have Adverse Effects on Cognitive Functioning in Healthy...
A study recently published in the journal Pharmacy reports the findings of a pilot study examining the effects of stimulants on college students who do not meet criteria for a diagnosis of Attention...
View ArticleThe Next Deadly Epidemic: Adult ADHD and Stimulants?
I’ve sometimes wondered how guilty I’d feel if I was a doctor who had started liberally prescribing opiates when we were all heavily urged to do so, now that we have a deadly epidemic as a result. This...
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Cultural Confusion: The Shifting Line Between Sane and “Unsane”
From STAT: An unprecedented number of Americans have been diagnosed with a mental, behavioral, or emotional disorder. Does this represent an increase in psychological distress or an increase in the...
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‘Take Your Pills’ is a Fascinating Look at the Adderall Craze
From The Michigan Daily: Netflix’s new documentary “Take Your Pills” examines the historical, cultural, social, and systemic factors that have shaped the ever-increasing rates of Adderall use in the...
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Outdoor Education Tied to Psychological and Academic Benefits
In a recent study published in Frontiers in Psychology, an international, interdisciplinary team of researchers composed of Ulrich Dettweiler Gabriele Lauterbach, Christoph Becker, and Perikles Simons...
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ADHD More Severe in Children Exposed to Pollution and Economic Deprivation
A new study, published in Environmental Research, found that prenatal exposure to environmental pollutants, and prenatal and childhood economic hardship, was associated with increased severity of ADHD...
View ArticleThe Scientism of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
In my last blog I reviewed the scientific basis on which modern mainstream psychiatry rests and showed how a poor understanding of the basics of the scientific process was evident in mainstream...
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New Study Challenges “Late-Onset ADHD”
The American Journal of Psychiatry has just published an article challenging the notion of “late-onset ADHD.” The researchers were led by Margaret H. Sibley at Florida International University. The...
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Multisystemic Therapy No More Effective than Standard Care for Antisocial...
A new study, led by Peter Fonagy, head of the Research Department of Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology at the University College London, questions whether multisystemic therapy is better than...
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CDC Reports Increased Psychostimulant Prescriptions in Women of Reproductive Age
A new study published by the US Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has found that psychostimulant prescriptions have increased by 344% (from 2003 to 2015) for women of reproductive age (15-44 years...
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Podcast: The Top 10 Quotes of 2017
In this podcast for HealthNewsReview.org, Michael Joyce shares what he considers the 10 most compelling quotes from last year’s podcast episodes. The quotes include a wide variety of critical...
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