Camp STAR, the Chicago area's only summer camp offering evidence-based therapy for children with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and other behavioral, emotional, and social difficulties begins its fourth season this June. The camp, whose name stands for Summer Treatment for ADHD and Related Issues, is a partnership of the University of Illinois at Chicago and the Jewish Council for Youth Ser ...

Parents who believe that attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) makes their kids more creative just received some scientific confirmation of this notion. The results were published in Journal of Personality and Individual Differences. ...

Thanks in part to a Norwegian research biobank, researchers have generated important new insight into Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and how the condition manifests itself. Among other things, they have found that there is some overlap between ADHD and bipolar disorders with regard to rapid mood swings. ...

New research shows people who have used amphetamines, such as Benzedrine and Dexedrine, appear to be at an increased risk of developing Parkinson’s disease, according to a study released today that will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology’s 63rd Annual Meeting in Honolulu April 9 to April 16, 2011. ...

Measurements of hand movement control may help determine the severity of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children, according to joint studies published in the February 15, 2011, print issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. ADHD is a brain disorder characterized by impulsiveness, hyperactivity, such as not being able to sit still, and inattention or d ...

Children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are two to three times more likely than children without the disorder to develop serious substance abuse problems in adolescence and adulthood, according to a study by UCLA psychologists and colleagues at the University of South Carolina. ...

A University at Buffalo researcher's work with a state-of-the-art driving simulator is making better drivers among those considered to be the most risky motorists on the road: teens with ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder). Gregory A. Fabiano, UB associate professor of counseling and school and educational psychology, has already established a therapeutic program that not only helps these teens ...

A recent study by Merikangas and colleagues published in the January 2011 issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (JAACAP) shows that only half of adolescents that are affected with severely impairing mental disorders ever receive treatment for their disorders. Included in this report is link to a podcast interview with Dr. Merikangas. ...

Adults who suffer from attention-deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are more than three times as likely to develop a common form of degenerative dementia than those without, according to research in the January issue of the European Journal of Neurology. Researchers from Argentina confirmed the link during a study of 360 patients with degenerative dementia and 149 healthy controls, matched by age, se ...

Author, neurologist, and neuropsychiatrist Werner Van den Bergh, M.D. recently talked with Christopher Fisher, PhD (CEO of this website's sister company, BMED Press) about his newly released book, "Neurofeedback and State Regulation in ADHD: A Therapy Without Medication" (published by BMED Press). ...