A wider definition of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is causing inappropriate diagnosis and unnecessary and possibly harmful medical treatment costing up to $500 million in the United ...

The prevalence of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has increased with each new edition of the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and ...

ADHD stimulants may improve performance not by sharpening focus, but by making the brain more awake and motivated.

ADHD stimulants appear to work less by sharpening focus and more by waking up the brain. Brain scans revealed that these ...

Dear Dr. Donohue: My daughter has ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder). I have no idea what it is. I understand she had it since she was a child. Can anything be done for her now? She's in ...

“ADD could replace oedipal anxiety as a new universal explanation; I urge restraint.” So warned Dr. Judith Rapoport of the NIMH to colleagues working on the 1980 Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of ...

When members of my family began to be diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) a few years ago, I started to study it in earnest. Since then I ...

I toured the White House to see Melania Trump's Christmas decorations. The East Wing is no more, but the display was still dazzling. My dad died and I just learned he paid off my school tuition with ...