A wider definition of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is causing inappropriate diagnosis and unnecessary and possibly harmful medical treatment costing up to $500 million in the United ...

There is so much out there on ADHD already, though still many people are unclear about what is really going on in our fast minds. Often all we need is the basic gist to get it enough to make a ...

The prevalence of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has increased with each new edition of the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and ...

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is still thought of as a childhood condition, even while it persists into adulthood for many patients who are diagnosed as children. But now, ...

It’s about how ADHD symptoms impact on your day-to-day functioning. Here’s how clinicians assess this, and where people might ...

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has mostly been thought of as a childhood disorder, one that some children outgrow as they enter adulthood. But many adults continue to have ADHD ...

“ADD could replace oedipal anxiety as a new universal explanation; I urge restraint.” So warned Dr. Judith Rapoport of the NIMH to colleagues working on the 1980 Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of ...