Teaching magic tricks to children with disabilities can enhance their feelings of self-esteem and confidence, a study has shown. The study, published in Health Psychology Research, is a collaboration ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Behavior treatment works as well as drugs for children with ADHD and bypasses the risk of medication's side effects, a meta-analysis of 174 studies on ADHD treatment conducted at the ...

For decades, many physicians, parents and teachers have believed that stimulant medications help children with ADHD learn because they are able to focus and behave better when medicated. After all, an ...

How early ADHD treatment escalates into polypharmacy, why skills matter more than pills, and what must change to protect ...

Neurons that wire together fire together. The mind is naturally curious and excited to take in new information. Especially in young minds, neurons eagerly group when new information rolls in and ...

High school is a fast-paced, shifting social landscape where old friends can drift away and social status takes on greater importance. This is also a time when many kids shift their primary friendship ...

An Alabama specialist in child development will talk to local parents, teachers, mental health professionals and social service workers about ways to better understand children with attention ...

In some parts of the world, record numbers of people are being diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) ...

When I watched a recent episode of “The Bachelor” I was absolutely appalled by the behavior of contestant Shanae Ankney. Fellow contestant Elizabeth Corrigan had ...

The greater the severity of a child's Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) symptoms, the more negative impacts on the child's health-related quality of life from the perspective of the ...

(Stacker) - Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, affects about 7% of children and adolescents in the U.S. In general terms, children with ADHD often have trouble staying focused and ...