ADHD:
Articles on Mental Disorders, ADD, Adult ADHD
-
Jan 15th, 2009
Scientists have teased apart the biological details distinguishing two related neurological diseases--ataxia telangiectasia-like disease (ATLD) and Nijmegen breakage syndrome (NBS).
-
Jan 13th, 2009
Women with bulimia nervosa (BN), when compared with healthy women, showed different patterns of brain activity while doing a task that required self-regulation.
-
Jan 12th, 2009
Almost 8 percent of all major league baseball players used drugs for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) treatment during the 2008 season, almost twice the percentage of the general population. 106 MLB Players Granted Exemptions For ADHD Drugs
-
Jan 8th, 2009
NIDA released a research report, Comorbidity: Addiction and Other Mental Illnesses, summarizing the state of the science regarding the complex relationship between substance abuse and other mental disorders.
-
Jan 7th, 2009
One in ten people will suffer from a seizure in their life and many of those will be diagnosed with epilepsy. Medication will help approximately two-thirds of the people with epilepsy, but many continue to have seizures, even though there are other alternatives.
-
Dec 29th, 2008
The Transcendental Meditation technique may be an effective and safe non-pharmaceutical aid for treating ADHD, according to a promising new study published this month in the peer-reviewed online journal Current Issues in Education. People who are dissatisfied with medication start exploring meditation for ADHD treatment and for other conditions.
-
Dec 15th, 2008
New guidelines developed by the American Academy of Neurology find a combination of blood tests and other specialized assessments appear to be the most helpful tests for finding the cause of neuropathy.
-
Dec 12th, 2008
U.S. Board certified psychiatrist and neurologist, Dr. Amnon Gimpel writes new book on ADHD that focuses on practical brain exercises rather than medications for ADHD treatment.
-
Dec 9th, 2008
Results from RESTORE 2, a placebo-controlled, Phase III study demonstrated that the investigational compound retigabine significantly reduced the number of seizures in adult patients with refractory partial-onset epilepsy.
-
Dec 3rd, 2008
The long-term academic problems that children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) often experience may affect their siblings as well.
