Articles related to ATTENTION-DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER (ADHD)

Neurophysiologic findings suggest that ADHD-related deficits were specific to active attention compared with basic sensory processing.

“Additional research is needed to determine whether the modest elevations in suicidal behavior observed during treatment are due to true medication effects or to persistence in the distress that prompted treatment initiation.” — Study authors, Biological Psychiatry Global Open Science

This case highlights how Rapunzel syndrome may masquerade as a functional or sensory feeding disorder and emphasizes the value of magnetic resonance enterography as a radiation-free diagnostic modality in pediatric patients with unexplained weight loss.

“Women and girls are too often suffering in silence, being left out of the ADHD narrative.” — Attoe & Climie, Journal of Attention Disorders, 2023

“Essentially, we found that stimulants pre-reward our brains and allow us to keep working at things that wouldn’t normally hold our interest.” – Dr. Nico Dosenbach, Washington University School of Medicine

Although early stimulant exposure was not associated with increases in maternal or fetal risk, the study suggests that continuation of stimulants into the second and/or third trimester may increase some pregnancy complications.