ADHD, which stands for attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, is a neurodevelopmental disorder that’s typically diagnosed in children. But according to data from the National Center for Health ...

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"Our results provide further support for the validity of diagnoses of ADHD that are made in adulthood as these adults show a profile of clinical features that is very similar to those seen in adults ...

Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) was once — and sometimes still is — viewed as a condition that affects only children and young adults. But many adults have ADHD, too, and experience ...

In October, when the FDA first announced a shortage of Adderall in America, the agency expected it to resolve quickly. But five months in, the effects of the shortage are still making life tough for ...

A recent article in JAMA Psychiatry highlighted concerns over stimulant use and abuse when prescribed to treat adults with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in the United States. The ...

The doctors had it wrong. For decades, many psychiatrists believed that children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder—commonly known as ADHD—might simply outgrow it. But new evidence reveals ...

For many late-identified adults with ADHD, the ones who muddled through the school years by doing enough to get by with the knowledge they had the potential to do better, it is often problems in the ...

A large new study finds adults diagnosed with ADHD live shorter lives than they should. The research, published in the British Journal of Psychiatry, found that men diagnosed with ADHD were dying ...

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Share on Pinterest Adults with undiagnosed ADHD should avoid self-diagnosis and ask their doctor about their symptoms. The Good Brigade/Getty Images A new study found an association between adult ADHD ...