LD News http://www.ldonline.org/ en-us LD OnLine Administrator hourly 1 http://backend.userland.com/rss ADHD Medication: Can Your Child Go Without? http://www.ldonline.org/ldnews/ADHD_Medication%3A_Can_Your_Child_Go_Without%3F Thu, 15 Jan 2009 16:03:09 GMT Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder can be a distressing diagnosis, but families have more treatment options than they might realize. Behavioral therapy for ADHD — and parent retraining, too — can be good alternatives to medication. http://www.ldonline.org/ldnews/ADHD_Medication%3A_Can_Your_Child_Go_Without%3F ADHD Medications Improve Decision-Making, But Are They Being Over Used? http://www.ldonline.org/ldnews/ADHD_Medications_Improve_Decision-Making%2C_But_Are_They_Being_Over_Used%3F Thu, 29 Nov 2012 16:31:01 GMT The latest studies show that while attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) drugs can be effective, some kids may be wrongly diagnosed — and therefore inappropriately treated — with the stimulant medications.

]]> The latest studies show that while attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) drugs can be effective, some kids may be wrongly diagnosed — and therefore inappropriately treated — with the stimulant medications. http://www.ldonline.org/ldnews/ADHD_Medications_Improve_Decision-Making%2C_But_Are_They_Being_Over_Used%3F ADHD Meds Could Fight Drug Abuse http://www.ldonline.org/ldnews/ADHD_Meds_Could_Fight_Drug_Abuse Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:05:39 GMT Studies have long shown that children with ADHD are more likely than those without attention problems to experiment with drugs. So, is it the exposure to stimulant medication or is it ADHD — a disorder frequently accompanied by problems of impulse-control — that makes a kid more likely to abuse drugs? As the first generation of youngsters to be diagnosed and medicated in large numbers grows into adulthood, answers are becoming clearer. http://www.ldonline.org/ldnews/ADHD_Meds_Could_Fight_Drug_Abuse ADHD Might Raise Kids' Obesity Risk http://www.ldonline.org/ldnews/ADHD_Might_Raise_Kids%27_Obesity_Risk Thu, 10 Jul 2008 14:24:13 GMT Children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are at a 50 percent higher risk for being overweight if they are not taking medication for the condition, a new study finds. http://www.ldonline.org/ldnews/ADHD_Might_Raise_Kids%27_Obesity_Risk ADHD Misdiagnosis http://www.ldonline.org/ldnews/ADHD_Misdiagnosis_ Fri, 20 Mar 2009 15:04:44 GMT The story of a child whose symptoms resulted in a diagnosis of ADHD. But further checking revealed he had a tick-borne bacterial illness. He had bartonella, which caused his rage and temper flare-ups, and babesia, which caused him to feel miserable. With medication, including antibiotics, "I feel a lot better," said Kenney. http://www.ldonline.org/ldnews/ADHD_Misdiagnosis_ ADHD Not a Lack of Intelligence, Psychologist Says http://www.ldonline.org/ldnews/ADHD_Not_a_Lack_of_Intelligence%2C_Psychologist_Says Mon, 14 Jul 2008 13:53:36 GMT Last week at a meeting of South Carolina's Oconee Alliance, school psychologist Bridget Briley didn't just talk about Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) — she let the audience experience the condition themselves. Attendees were asked to read a brief text, projected overhead, within a couple of minutes. The text, however, was interrupted every few seconds with flashing images. A soccer game. Windows. Bright white light. The effect made the assignment almost impossible. After time elapsed, the audience was asked to take a brief quiz. The result: failure. http://www.ldonline.org/ldnews/ADHD_Not_a_Lack_of_Intelligence%2C_Psychologist_Says ADHD Persists into Adulthood, Study Finds http://www.ldonline.org/ldnews/ADHD_Persists_into_Adulthood%2C_Study_Finds Wed, 13 Mar 2013 14:00:15 GMT Picture someone with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, and you probably conjure up an image of an elementary school-age boy. But an analysis of data from the first large, population-based study to follow kids through to adulthood shows that the neurobehavioral disorder rarely goes away with age.

ADHD doesn't go away with adulthood, one study finds. Our focus should be on strategies, not a cure.

]]> Picture someone with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, and you probably conjure up an image of an elementary school-age boy. But an analysis of data from the first large, population-based study to follow kids through to adulthood shows that the neurobehavioral disorder rarely goes away with age. ADHD doesn't go away with adulthood, one study finds. Our focus should be on strategies, not a cure. http://www.ldonline.org/ldnews/ADHD_Persists_into_Adulthood%2C_Study_Finds ADHD Rates Low Among Latinos http://www.ldonline.org/ldnews/ADHD_Rates_Low_Among_Latinos Thu, 29 Sep 2011 15:04:42 GMT Johanny Hernandez is alone among her Latino relatives and friends to have a child diagnosed with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder. Growing up in the Dominican Republic, the 30-year-old mother of four had never heard of this condition - until her son's kindergarten teacher suggested that he be evaluated. Many of her friends seemed skeptical about ADHD, insisting that her son was just very active, sometimes mischievous, but not "loco," the Spanish word for crazy. Still, her son's classroom behavior has improved since he started therapy and taking ADHD medication, and Hernandez tries to block out what she hears from others. http://www.ldonline.org/ldnews/ADHD_Rates_Low_Among_Latinos ADHD Research Seeks Reasons for Diagnosis Rate Increase http://www.ldonline.org/ldnews/ADHD_Research_Seeks_Reasons_for_Diagnosis_Rate_Increase Thu, 13 Jun 2013 12:00:50 GMT "It's well known that the cause of ADHD is strongly genetic but also linked to brain development, experts said. While previous studies have shown that in-utero exposure to ischemic-hypoxic conditions — complications that deprive the brain of oxygen — often lead to brain injury and developmental problems, Kaiser Permanente's study published in Pediatrics journal shows children who experience prenatal IHCs have a 16 percent greater chance overall of developing ADHD." http://www.ldonline.org/ldnews/ADHD_Research_Seeks_Reasons_for_Diagnosis_Rate_Increase ADHD Studies Shed Little Light on Efficacy of Nonpharmacologic Treatments http://www.ldonline.org/ldnews/ADHD_Studies_Shed_Little_Light_on_Efficacy_of_Nonpharmacologic_Treatments Thu, 31 Jan 2013 17:30:18 GMT Poor scientific assessment of nonpharmacologic treatments — including dietary and psychological therapies — for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is leaving physicians and their patients in the dark about their efficacy, new research suggests.

]]> Poor scientific assessment of nonpharmacologic treatments — including dietary and psychological therapies — for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is leaving physicians and their patients in the dark about their efficacy, new research suggests. http://www.ldonline.org/ldnews/ADHD_Studies_Shed_Little_Light_on_Efficacy_of_Nonpharmacologic_Treatments ADHD Study Puts Money Where the Brain Is http://www.ldonline.org/ldnews/ADHD_Study_Puts_Money_Where_the_Brain_Is Tue, 16 Dec 2008 14:55:06 GMT You know the type. Heck, you may even be the type. You flit from task to uncompleted task, losing interest based on how hard and boring it becomes. You choose the task of least resistance and focus on immediate gains, not richer, more long-term rewards. For people with ADHD — attention deficit hyperactivity disorder — such distractedness is not mere procrastination. http://www.ldonline.org/ldnews/ADHD_Study_Puts_Money_Where_the_Brain_Is ADHD Symptoms 'Present in Most Children who Stutter' http://www.ldonline.org/ldnews/ADHD_Symptoms_%27Present_in_Most_Children_who_Stutter%27 Thu, 23 Aug 2012 16:33:03 GMT Over half of school-age children who stutter (CWS) have sufficient attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms to warrant referral for clinical evaluation, the results of a US study of parental reports indicates.

]]> Over half of school-age children who stutter (CWS) have sufficient attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms to warrant referral for clinical evaluation, the results of a US study of parental reports indicates. http://www.ldonline.org/ldnews/ADHD_Symptoms_%27Present_in_Most_Children_who_Stutter%27 ADHD Symptoms Linked to Phthalate Chemicals http://www.ldonline.org/ldnews/ADHD_Symptoms_Linked_to_Phthalate_Chemicals Thu, 21 Jan 2010 15:44:41 GMT There is a link between exposure to phthalate chemicals and the development of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in school-aged children according to a study published in Environmental Health News. http://www.ldonline.org/ldnews/ADHD_Symptoms_Linked_to_Phthalate_Chemicals ADHD Teens More Likely to Drop Out http://www.ldonline.org/ldnews/ADHD_Teens_More_Likely_to_Drop_Out Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:52:13 GMT Teens with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) — the most common childhood psychiatric condition in the United States — are less likely to finish high school on time than students with other mental-health disorders that often are considered more serious, according to a national study. The study, conducted by researchers at the UC Davis School of Medicine, found that nearly one third of students with ADHD, twice the proportion as students with no psychiatric disorder, either drop out or delay high school graduation. http://www.ldonline.org/ldnews/ADHD_Teens_More_Likely_to_Drop_Out ADHD Teens: Homeschool or High School? http://www.ldonline.org/ldnews/ADHD_Teens%3A_Homeschool_or_High_School%3F Thu, 24 Mar 2011 13:01:30 GMT Under so much pressure to succeed socially and academically in a new school, can my ADHD teenage daughter survive her first semester of high school? Can I, her anxious, overwhelmed ADHD dad, help her? http://www.ldonline.org/ldnews/ADHD_Teens%3A_Homeschool_or_High_School%3F ADHD with Autism Explored http://www.ldonline.org/ldnews/ADHD_with_Autism_Explored Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:05:22 GMT A new grant has been awarded to the University of Pittsburgh and the Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic of UPMC to conduct a national study of the treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children with autism spectrum disorders. http://www.ldonline.org/ldnews/ADHD_with_Autism_Explored ADHD, or Childhood Narcissism? http://www.ldonline.org/ldnews/ADHD%2C_or_Childhood_Narcissism%3F Wed, 18 Sep 2013 13:41:42 GMT Ten times as many children are diagnosed with ADHD today as were in the 1970s. What if their behavior -- consistently distracted, hyperactive, impulsive -- really indicates something else? In a typical American classroom, there are nearly as many diagnosable cases of ADHD as there are of the common cold. In 2008, researchers from the Slone Epidemiology Center at Boston University found that almost 10 percent of children use cold remedies at any given time. The latest statistics out of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimate that the same proportion has ADHD. http://www.ldonline.org/ldnews/ADHD%2C_or_Childhood_Narcissism%3F ADHD-RD Connection Confirmed and Refined http://www.ldonline.org/ldnews/ADHD-RD_Connection_Confirmed_and_Refined Thu, 14 Oct 2010 12:00:30 GMT Pediatrics, Professor Kouichi Yoshimasu and colleagues reported that the chances of children and youths having reading disabilities is significantly higher among those who have ADHD than it is among the general population of children and youths. ]]> Writing in Pediatrics, Professor Kouichi Yoshimasu and colleagues reported that the chances of children and youths having reading disabilities is significantly higher among those who have ADHD than it is among the general population of children and youths. http://www.ldonline.org/ldnews/ADHD-RD_Connection_Confirmed_and_Refined ADHD: Backlash to the Backlash http://www.ldonline.org/ldnews/ADHD%3A_Backlash_to_the_Backlash Thu, 01 Mar 2012 14:00:20 GMT The idea that ADHD drugs might be killing us represents just one of several ominous storylines associated with the disorder. In recent years, we've also heard speculation about whether ADHD is real, and if it is real, whether it's being grossly overdiagnosed. And then there are the drugs. These backlashes against childhood developmental diagnoses seems to rise and fall every few years, but lately it's burgeoning. http://www.ldonline.org/ldnews/ADHD%3A_Backlash_to_the_Backlash ADHD: Burden or Blessing? A New View Stirs a Debate http://www.ldonline.org/ldnews/ADHD%3A_Burden_or_Blessing%3F_A_New_View_Stirs_a_Debate Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:48:37 GMT When pediatricians diagnose attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, they often ask their patients whether they know anybody else with the problem. These days, children are likely to reply with a household name: Michael Phelps, the Olympic superstar, who is emerging as an inspirational role model among parents and children whose lives are affected by attention problems. But the emergence of a major celebrity with attention deficit has revealed a schism in the community of patients, parents, doctors and educators who deal with the disorder. For years, these people have debated whether it means a lifetime of limitations or whether it can sometimes be a good thing. http://www.ldonline.org/ldnews/ADHD%3A_Burden_or_Blessing%3F_A_New_View_Stirs_a_Debate