Dr. Nirit Soffer-Dudek, one of the world’s foremost experts on MD, is trying to get the diagnosis added to the next edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)
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“One in four children who have suffered a minor head injury is liable to suffer from chronic post-concussion syndrome — sometimes misdiagnosed as ADHD.”
View More Israeli Study Finds Long-Term Consequences of Mild Head Injury in Children are Underdiagnosed
A meta-analysis of seven large studies found no evidence of an association between sugar consumption and ADHD in youth.
View More The World Federation of ADHD International Consensus Statement: 208 Evidence-Based Conclusions About ADHD
“These findings shed light on one explanation of the elevated levels of suicide ideation seen in emerging adults with elevated ADHD symptoms: heightened levels of stressful events and a tendency to respond to stress by ruminating.”
View More ADHD Linked to Suicidality in Young Adults Who Ruminate When Stressed
This could be the answer for ADHD families who need to know if that “bump” left a mild traumatic brain injury.
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Researchers found a modest association between ‘any prenatal maternal use’ of acetaminophen” in all three trimesters and ADHD in the offspring but not with use for fewer than eight days.
View More Acetaminophen use in pregnancy and ADHD risk in offspring
Many teens and adults with ADHD struggle with smartphone addiction without being aware of it.
View More Research finds brain chemistry changed by smartphone addiction
Question: When is constant video gaming considered a real health/mental health illness? Answer: When one no longer has control over one’s behavior with gaming, according…
View More ‘Gaming disorder’ to be official World Health Organization diagnosis
For mothers who smoked fewer than 10 cigarettes per day, the risk of giving birth to a child who developed ADHD was 54 percent higher than for non-smokers. For heavier smokers, the risk was 75 percent higher.
View More Cigarette smoking in pregnancy linked to high risk of ADHD in children
According to a new study conducted by Dr. Martine Hoogman, as many as five regions of the brain may not be fully developed in children…
View More New Study: Children With ADHD Have Different Brains