There are now 2.6 million people in the UK with ADHD – and diagnoses are on the rise. Looking at 18 years of anonymised NHS patient records, researchers at University College London noted a 20-fold ...

Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, is not just a problem for kids—the symptoms can persist well into adulthood. And more and more adults are affected by it: Between 2008 and 2012, the ...

Do you have trouble focusing or completing tasks? Or do you ever feel restless or fidgety and can’t seem to stop? These are common signs of ADHD. You may find this surprising if you don’t have an ...

In her highly thought-provoking book, Wedge beautifully and very thoroughly lays out what every parent should know before accepting an ADHD diagnosis for their child. She explores how the diagnosis ...

(CNN) -- The following is an edited transcript of a chat with Dr. Michael Gordon, Chief Clinical Child Psychologist and Director of the Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders Program at the SUNY ...

The following questions were taken from Part A of The Adult ADHD Self-Report Scale (ASRS-v1.1) Symptom Checklist, which was developed in conjunction with the World Health Organization (WHO), and the ...

A health expert has shared a number of questions he claims is aimed at women who think they may have ADHD. Dr Ali Ajaz is a consultant psychiatrist based in Canary Wharf, London, where he runs his own ...

In my experience, living with ADHD means actual, real personal difficulty. I buy five pairs of eyeglasses per year because I keep losing them. It drives me insane when I lose my last set of duplicate ...

Q. We just received a diagnosis for attention deficit hyperactive disorder for my daughter. Will this mean special education classes for her? A. No, a diagnosis of ADHD does not mean your child needs ...

It can be challenging to write an article such as this, because, as in politics where passions flare vehemently, so too do they in the ADHD debate. Is it genetic? Is it socially constructed? Does it ...