ADHD

Child ADHD Rx No Risk for Later Addict
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(dailyRx News) There may be good news for the worried parents of kids with ADHD. Stimulant medication treatments may have little to no bearing on later alcohol or substance abuse. A recent review found that kids who had taken stimulant medications for ...

How to handle debt when you're ADHD
MSN Money
More than 4% of U.S. adults have Attention Deficit/Hyperactivit?y Disorder (ADD/ADHD), according to the National Institute of Mental Health. ADD is Attention Deficit Disorder without the hyperactivity, which is often used synonymously with ADHD ...

ADHD Medication Does Not Raise Risk For Drug And Alcohol Abuse
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Taking medication for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder may not lead to increased risk for substance abuse later in life, according to a study published in JAMA Psychiatry. The report is based on an analysis of 15 previous studies, including 2 ...

ADHD and an Absolute Unmixed Attention
First Things (blog)
There has been a bit of back and forth recently at Psychology Today concerning the prevalence of ADHD in school-aged children in the U.S. and France. Here at First Thoughts, Collin Garbarino reported the opening piece by Marilyn Wedge and offered his ...

Telegraph.co.uk
For Kids With ADHD, Sleep Disturbances May Interfere With Emotional Memories
TIME
Kids and adolescents with ADHD often struggle to keep their emotions in check. ADHD has also been linked to sleep disorders, which is one of the reasons a team of German researchers sought to determine how sleep influences the consolidation and ...
How 'Emotional Memories' Differ in Kids with ADHDYahoo! News
Brain Activity in Sleep May Impact Emotional Disturbances in Children With ADHDScience Daily (press release)
Kids With ADHD Less Able to Process Emotions During Sleep: StudyPhilly.com
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Study: ADHD Stimulant Medications Don't Increase Substance Abuse Risk
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Children with ADHD may have a hard time paying attention, controlling impulsive behaviors or be overly active. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in May that it believed 7 percent of school-aged children have ADHD, but other studies ...

Do diet changes help ADHD children?
Medical Xpress
Parents of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) have been reporting marked behavioral improvements due to diets eliminating artificial food coloring and other additives for decades now, but those reports have gained traction in ...

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ADHD stimulant medications do not increase substance abuse risk, study claims
CBS News
UCLA researchers have concluded that attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) medications do not increase a child's risk of developing substance abuse problems. It has been known that children with ADHD are more likely than other kids to develop ...
ADHD Meds May Not Up Drug Abuse Risk in AdulthoodWebMD
ADHD medications not tied to drug, alcohol abuseFox News
Study finds no link between childhood ADHD drug use and adult drug abuseGlobalPost
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Emotional Problems In Kids With ADHD May Be Related To Brain Activity During ...
Huffington Post
The researchers said that the findings could give insight into the emotional problems commonly that occur in children in ADHD. Kids with ADHD may be more likely to engage in risky behaviors, or to not learn from a negative experience, than children ...

Telegraph.co.uk
How 'Emotional Memories' Differ in Kids with ADHD
Yahoo! News
Emotional disturbances in children with ADHD may be related to activity in their brains during sleep, a new study suggests. The researchers found that sleep seemed to help strengthen emotional memories in healthy children, but not in children with ADHD.
For Kids With ADHD, Sleep Disturbances May Interfere With Emotional MemoriesTIME
Brain Activity in Sleep May Impact Emotional Disturbances in Children With ADHDScience Daily (press release)
Kids With ADHD Less Able to Process Emotions During Sleep: StudyPhilly.com
Telegraph.co.uk -Globe and Mail
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ADHD Medication in Childhood Does Not Increase Addiction Risk
TIME (blog)
Taking medication for attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) as a child does not increase — or decrease — the risk for later addiction or alcoholism, according to a new review of the research. The research may help reassure parents who are ...
ADHD stimulant medications do not increase substance abuse risk, study claimsCBS News
ADHD medications not tied to drug, alcohol abuseReuters
ADHD Meds May Not Up Drug Abuse Risk in AdulthoodWebMD
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Brain activity in sleep may impact emotional disturbances in children with ADHD
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Sleep consolidates emotional memories in healthy children but not in children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), according to research published May 29 in the open access journal PLOS ONE by Alexander Prehn-Kristensen and colleagues ...
ADHD may be caused by problems processing memoriesTelegraph.co.uk
Kids With ADHD Less Able to Process Emotions During Sleep: StudyPhilly.com
Sleep 'different for children with ADHD'WebMD.Boots.com
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Brain Activity in Sleep May Impact Emotional Disturbances in Children With ADHD
Science Daily (press release)
May 29, 2013 — Sleep consolidates emotional memories in healthy children but not in children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), according to research published May 29 in the open access journal PLOS ONE by Alexander Prehn-Kristensen ...

Researchers: ADHD meds, illegal drug abuse not linked
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A team at UCLA analyzed the effectsMore >>. A team at UCLA analyzed the effects of ADHD meds on more than 2,500 people, looking at dependence status for alcohol, cocaine, marijuana, nicotine and nonspecific drugs found in medication. More >> ...

ADHD medications not tied to drug, alcohol abuse
Yahoo! News
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Taking Ritalin and other drugs for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) doesn't affect a child's chances of trying or abusing alcohol and drugs later in life, a new review suggests. Researchers pooled data from 15 ...

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ADHD medications not tied to drug, alcohol abuse
Reuters
One analysis from 2003 suggested kids treated with stimulants were less likely to develop alcohol and drug problems than their peers with ADHD. Lee and his colleagues from the University of California, Los Angeles, wanted to see how that picture looked ...
Are Children Who Take Ritalin for ADHD at Greater Risk of Future Drug Abuse?Science Daily (press release)
ADHD Meds May Not Up Drug Abuse Risk in AdulthoodWebMD
Researchers: ADHD meds, illegal drug abuse not linkedWBRC
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10 Small Steps You Can Take Today to Improve ADHD Symptoms
PsychCentral.com (blog)
10 Small Steps You Can Take Today to Improve ADHD Symptoms Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) can feel overwhelming sometimes. Most people with ADHD have a hard time staying on task, managing their time, remembering where they put ...

ADHD: Another Cause of Obesity?
Babble
When you hear the term “ADHD”, don't you immediately think of your high school class clown- the one that couldn't sit still and was constantly doing anything but paying attention in class? That's a complete and total stereotype, I know. That ...

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June exhibit, painter Linda Hurd, art and ADHD
The Patriot Ledger
Ms. Hurd says this about her work: "Painting and writing have helped me as I am learning to live with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in my family. Painting helps me to sit still and often gives me new insights as I contemplate the ...

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Why American Children Have a High ADHD Diagnoses
WDTV
"There is no medical test for ADHD. Therefore it's a subjective evaluation from who ever is considering the diagnosis. Therefore it being a judgment decision there is room for error including some students who are or including some student who really ...