ADHD:
Articles on Mental Disorders, ADD, Adult ADHD
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Sep 9th, 2009
A new study was published today and researchers of the study, from the Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory, stating that children with ADHD are missing a protein in the part of their brain that is linked to the brains reward pathway.
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Sep 3rd, 2009
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted marketing approval Thursday to the biopharmaceutical company Shire. The FDA stated it has approved its extended-release tablet INTUNIV for the treatment of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children and adolescents aged 6 to 17 years.
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Aug 24th, 2009
A new medical study released Monday found that next to marijuana, prescription medications are the most common drugs teenagers use to get high and ADHD drug abuse among teens is on the rise.
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Apr 29th, 2009
A new Cochrane review finds no evidence to support the use of risperidone to treat attention- deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in people with intellectual disabilities, even though the review authors say this is a common prescribing pattern.
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Apr 29th, 2009
Children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) who take medication to treat the condition tend to do better in math and reading compared to their peers who also have ADHD but do not take medication.
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Mar 26th, 2009
Initial positive results gleaned from intensive treatment of childhood attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are unlikely to be sustained over the long term.
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Mar 9th, 2009
Adult ADHD is now here. It is now accepted by many in the medical community that childhood ADHD does indeed continue into adulthood. As a matter of fact, the DSM-IV, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, describes just that.
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Feb 12th, 2009
Care for people with dementia will be transformed with the appointment of dementia advisers, better training for GP's and the establishment of memory services staffed by specialists to provide early diagnosis and treatment.
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Jan 22nd, 2009
A new study shows that people who are socially active and not easily stressed may be less likely to develop dementia.
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Jan 21st, 2009
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