In Youth With ADHD, New-Onset Psychosis Up With Amphetamines
New-onset psychosis occurred in about one in 660 teens, young adults with ADHD receiving stimulants
Attention-deficit disorder
With ADHD, amphetamine has double the psychosis risk of methylphenidate
By Gene Emery (Reuters Health) – Children and young adults with attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) who are treated with the stimulants amphetamine or methylphenidate face a small but significant risk of...
Dasotraline Promising for the Treatment of ADHD in Children
Once-daily dosing tolerable, may lessen side effects
Study bolsters link between prenatal nicotine exposure and ADHD
By Linda Carroll (Reuters Health) – Pregnant women who have nicotine in their systems from smoking are more likely to have children who develop attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), a new study suggests. And the...
Prenatal Valproate Exposure Linked to Increased ADHD Risk
Maternal use of other antiepileptic drugs not tied to increased ADHD risk
Supernus Pharma’s ADHD drug meets main goal in study on adolescents
(Reuters) – Supernus Pharmaceuticals Inc said on Thursday its drug for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder met the main goal in a late-stage trial on adolescents, weeks after results from trials testing the drug on...
Risk Up for Later-Born Siblings of Children With ASD, ADHD
Odds of both ASD and ADHD increased for later-born siblings of children with either diagnosis
ADHD Diagnosis, Treatment Up for August-Born Children
Findings seen for children in states with Sept. 1 cutoff for kindergarten entry
Last 20 Years Saw Increase in Prevalence of ADHD in Children
Significant increases in prevalence in subgroups by age, sex, race/ethnicity, income, geographic region
ADHD diagnoses may be rising in U.S.
By Linda Carroll (Reuters Health) – The number of children diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in the U.S. appears to have increased dramatically, a new study finds. Between 1997 and 2016, the...
Links seen between asthma and ADHD
By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – There may be a strong connection between asthma and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) that makes people with one condition more likely to develop the other one, a recent...
Methylphenidate Good First-Choice Pediatric ADHD Drug
For adults, amphetamines are reasonable first choice to treat attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder
