The stimulants Ritalin and Adderall have been used to treat attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) for decades, but research shows they don’t act on the ...

In a recent study, people with ADHD were more likely to strongly identify with 10 character strengths, including creativity and intuitiveness, over those without the condition. People with ADHD were ...

Hannah Ramsey always felt like multiple radio stations were playing in her head at once. By the time she finished her first year of college, the noise had become impossible to ignore. So she did what ...

These reports have led some experts and parents to wonder whether ADHD is being overdiagnosed and overtreated. As researchers who have spent our careers studying neurodevelopmental disorders like ADHD ...

Carol Mathews receives funding from the National Institutes of Health and the International OCD Foundation. She is affiliated with the International OCD Foundation, and the Family Foundation for OCD ...

The team found that people with ADHD were more likely than neurotypical participants to endorse a subset of strengths – notably hyperfocus, humor, creativity, spontaneity and intuitiveness – but not ...

Excessive squirming and fidgeting. Difficulty paying attention. A tendency to act impulsively and make careless mistakes. Trouble acting cooperatively. These hallmark symptoms of childhood ADHD run ...

Anne-Laure Le Cunff was something of a wild child. As a teenager, she repeatedly disabled the school fire alarm to sneak smoke breaks and helped launch a magazine filled with her teachers’ fictional ...

"Despite these promising results, this study had some limitations," the team noted in the paper. "The study sample may not fully represent the broader population of children with ADHD. The ...

INDIANAPOLIS — Teachers across Indiana are using a new system to track some special education documents for students, but many are reporting problems. Those documents in the PowerSchool systems are ...

FULTON COUNTY, Ind. (WSBT) — Some parents in Rochester are upset after they say their children’s Individualized Education Programs were allegedly illegally removed by Riddle Elementary’s principal.

INDIANAPOLIS — A change in how Indiana tracks certain special education documents has led to confusion at the start of the new school year, with parents, teachers and districts scrambling to get ...