Are rising ADHD diagnoses a cultural trend, a misunderstanding, or evidence of a real neurodevelopmental difference? This ...
As a psychiatrist, I’ve been reflecting a lot lately on how, over a span of many years, I went from only occasionally diagnosing ADHD to seeing it frequently in patients referred to me for other ...
Mental health has suffered during the pandemic. Eighteen months in, that’s no longer a revelatory observation; it’s a weary, widely accepted truth. By the end of last year, roughly 42% of American ...
Is ADHD in children on the rise? An assessment of thousands of studies released since 2020 suggests, surprisingly, that the answer is no – but the researchers behind the work have expressed their ...
It feels like everywhere you turn, someone is talking about ADHD. Whether on social media, in workplaces, or among friends, sudden awareness around attention and focus struggles has become impossible ...
Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . There has been a demonstrable surge in adult ADHD diagnoses since the COVID-19 pandemic began. Key to the rise ...
"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 ...
A landmark global review of over 200 meta-analyses finds ADHD medicines work best in the short term, CBT helps adults, and ...
Judith Warner is the author of And Then They Stopped Talking to Me: Making Sense of Middle School. The outcry this week in response to the American Academy of ...
Your brain, like a surly movie critic or a high school clique, specializes in rejection. The chief rejecter is the brain’s decision-making center in the prefrontal cortex, just behind your forehead.
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about Black and neurodivergent identity in the workplace. People with ADHD are creative, empathetic and passionate. They ...
As more Americans suspect they have ADHD — attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder — social media platforms have become go-to spots for sharing symptoms and ...