The ADHD Blog
What’s the Relationship Between Daytime Sleepiness and Cognitive Functioning in Adults with ADHD?
Sleep disorders are one of the most commonly self-reported comorbidities of adults with ADHD, affecting 50 to 70 percent of them. A team of British researchers set out to see whether this association could be...
ADHD in College Students
This article was selected by the APA as January’s ‘Member Course of the Month.’ Authors: Aaron E. Winkler, MD. University of Maryland / Sheppard Pratt Psychiatry Residency Program. David W. Goodman, MD, FAPA. Assistant Professor...
ADHD is Underdiagnosed, to Varying Degrees, Among Adults of Different Ethnicities, Ages, and Education Levels in the U.S.
A cohort study looked at over five million adults and over 850,000 children between the ages of five and eleven who received care at Kaiser Permanente Northern California during the ten-year period from the beginning...
How effective are ADHD medications in adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)?
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is frequently comorbid with ADHD. Among adults with ADHD, as many as half are reported to also have ASD. A Dutch team set out to answer two questions: Do adults with...
Addressing the Challenge of Under-Diagnosed Adult ADHD
There is a well-documented gap between the known prevalence of adult ADHD and rates of diagnosis and treatment. In Germany, epidemiological studies of nationally representative community samples have found prevalence rates ranging from 3.1% to...
Long-Acting Liquid Methylphenidate for Treating ADHD in Intellectually Capable Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder
A team from Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital conducted a six-week open-label trial of liquid-formulation extended-release methylphenidate (MPH-ER) to treat ADHD in adults with high-functioning autism spectrum disorder (HF-ASD). ASD is a lifelong...
Stigma: Public Attitudes Towards Children and Adults with ADHD
To gauge the extent of stigma towards persons with ADHD, a European research team hired a company specialized in market and social research to conduct a poll of some five thousand randomly selected Germans. Just...
Are There Adverse Effects to Long-Term Treatment of ADHD with Methylphenidate?
Methylphenidate (MPH) is one of the most widely-prescribed medications for children. Given that ADHD frequently persists over a large part of an individual’s lifespan, any side effects of medication initiated during childhood may well be...
Evaluating Financial Decision-Making in Adults With ADHD
A Dutch and German team compared the performance of 45 adults with ADHD and 51 normally developing controls on a battery of standardized tests and questionnaires designed to assess competence in financial decision-making (FDM). These...
How to Improve Driving Safety for Teens and Adults With ADHD
Drivers with ADHD are far more likely to be involved in crashes, to be at fault in crashes, to be in severe crashes, and to be killed in crashes. The more severe the ADHD symptoms,...
How Do Psychiatric Comorbidities Affect Risk of Premature Death Among Children and Adults with ADHD?
The Nordic countries maintain detailed registers of their inhabitants. This enables researchers to examine patterns over entire nations. An international research team used the Swedish national registers for a prospective cohort study of 2,675,615 persons...
The Economic Burden of ADHD
ADHD, especially when untreated impairs patients and creates difficulties in families. Although these are the proximal targets of treatment, ADHD also burdens society due, for example, to underemployment and use of health resources. A recent...
Meta-analysis finds association between ADHD and suicidal behaviors
A newly published meta-analysis of 57 studies encompassing almost a third of a million participants has uncovered a very strong association between ADHD and suicide, a strong association with suicidal ideation, and a small-to-medium association...
Behavioral and Cognitive Impacts of Mindfulness-Based Interventions on Adults with ADHD
A Canadian team has published a systematic review examining the effectiveness of Mindfulness-Based Interventions (MBIs) for treating adults with ADHD. MBIs usually involve three forms of meditation – body scan, sitting meditation, and mindful yoga...
How do undiagnosed but symptomatic adults compare with those diagnosed with ADHD?
The study team began with a representative sample of 69,972 U.S. adults aged 18 years or older who completed the 2012 and 2013 U.S. National Health and Wellness Survey. These adults were invited to complete...