Research Studies
Want to find out about the latest research on ADD/ADHD? This is the place to be.
Improving Treatment, Assessment, and Care for Our Children
Research is finding new ways for pediatricians to provide quality assessment and treatment of ADHD in children.
Research is finding new ways for pediatricians to provide quality assessment and treatment of ADHD in children.
Does ADD / ADHD Increase the Risk for Child Obesity?
Child obesity is becoming an epidemic, and the related health risks are staggering. Do children with ADD / ADHD have an increased risk of childhood obesity? Research on ADD children suggests so. Learn more about this alarming connection between ADD / ADHD and weight.
Child obesity is becoming an epidemic, and the related health risks are staggering. Do children with ADD / ADHD have an increased risk of childhood obesity? Research on ADD children suggests so. Learn more about this alarming connection between ADD / ADHD and weight.
Work Productivity and ADHD
ADHD can have a negative impact upon on the job work productivity, especially for those adults with untreated ADHD.
ADHD can have a negative impact upon on the job work productivity, especially for those adults with untreated ADHD.
Behavioral Interventions Reduce Symptoms for Preschoolers with ADHD
Research finds that treatment approaches that focus on parent education are effective in reducing problematic behaviors in preschool age children.
Research finds that treatment approaches that focus on parent education are effective in reducing problematic behaviors in preschool age children.
Pump It Up! Working Out Your Working Memory
Research suggests that mental exercises may increase working memory in individuals with ADHD. Read on to learn more about working memory and ways to improve it!
Research suggests that mental exercises may increase working memory in individuals with ADHD. Read on to learn more about working memory and ways to improve it!
ADHD and Brain Development in Boys
A recent study out of the University of Queensland in Australia finds that attention problems in boys may be a result of brain development.
A recent study out of the University of Queensland in Australia finds that attention problems in boys may be a result of brain development.
Easily Distracted? Turn up the Noise.
New research in Sweden has found that the presence of white noise appears to help distractible ADHD children concentrate and pay better attention while learning. A control group of children without ADHD performed better in silence without the extra background noise. The report will be published in the October Psychological Review.
New research in Sweden has found that the presence of white noise appears to help distractible ADHD children concentrate and pay better attention while learning. A control group of children without ADHD performed better in silence without the extra background noise. The report will be published in the October Psychological Review.
Getting Fathers Involved in Children's ADHD Treatment Programs
Sports element in COACHES program improves dads' participation, relationships with children.
Sports element in COACHES program improves dads' participation, relationships with children.