Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Alison Escalante M.D. covers neurodiversity, pediatrics and parenting. When most people hear the term ADHD, they picture a child ...

Scientists are uncovering a surprising connection between autism and ADHD that goes deeper than labels. Instead of diagnoses, it’s the severity of autism-like traits that seems to shape how the brain ...

A couple of years ago, Jan Haavik was at a routine meeting of a research group that connects scientists studying attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) with people who live with the condition ...

Brain scans are giving doctors fresh ammunition to argue that ADHD needs a rewrite. A large imaging study of 446 children diagnosed with the disorder, published in JAMA Psychiatry, points to three ...

There is a misconception that attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) can be caused by eating too many sweets or bad parenting. Our kids could do better in ...

Laura holds a Master's in Experimental Neuroscience and a Bachelor's in Biology from Imperial College London. Her areas of expertise include health, medicine, psychology, and neuroscience. Laura holds ...

A study analyzing 1,154 children and adolescents breaks new ground in how to think about the growing diagnosis.

Whether brain scans ever enter the diagnostic toolkit, it validates the diversity and intricacy of ADHD, researchers say. “What I hope this article does is signal to people it's more complicated than ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Alison Escalante M.D. covers neurodiversity, pediatrics and parenting. Stimulant medications are considered the first-line ...