What to Eat (and Avoid) for Improved ADHD Symptoms
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The Secret Power of Fidgets
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Brain-Building Video and Computer Games Kids Love
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15 Ways to Disarm (and Understand) Explosive ADHD Emotions
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Routines for Morning and Night
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11 ADHD Coping Mechanisms
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Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: are we helping or harming?
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Online Narratives by Adults With ADHD Who Were Diagnosed in Adulthood
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Are Doctors Diagnosing Too Many Kids with ADHD?
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Parenting Tips for ADHD: Do’s and Don’ts
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Caring for a child with ADHD: 21 tips
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ADHD in Teenagers
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Gender Differences in ADHD: How are Girls Different From Boys?
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How to Help Girls With ADHD
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How do Naturopathic Doctors Treat ADHD?
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6 Natural Remedies for ADHD
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5 Natural ADHD Treatment Options:
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Use of ADHD Medicine is Increasing among Pregnant Women
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New Research from the CWMH: The Course of ADHD During Pregnancy
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ADHD and Pregnancy by Marlene P. Freeman
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ADD/ADHD: Focusing on What’s Best for Mom and Baby during Pregnancy
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Students Diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Collaborative Strategies for School Counselors
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Number of Women, Girls Filling ADHD Prescriptions Increases
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ADDitude ADHD Experts Podcast
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Easy Accommodations for Kids with ADHD
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What Every Teacher Should Know About ADHD: A Poster for School
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ADHD and the Brain
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The Neuroscience of the ADHD Brain
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10 Targets To Know If Your ADHD Medication Is Working
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Lucky Horseshoes – A children’s book dealing with ADHD
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FREE e-Book collection on life with ADHD
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ADHD, 2nd edition: What every Parent Needs to Know
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Top 10 list of BEST books for ADHD information
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Manage ADHD’s Impact on Your Relationship
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Guide to Natural ADHD Treatment Options
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Sleep is important for your ability to focus and concentrate, mood, general health, and well-being. Unfortunately, many people with ADHD do not get the sleep they need.
Research suggests that nearly two-thirds of all marriages touched by ADHD suffer from “mal-adjustment,” which is not synonymous with divorce but also not great.
The volatile (and sometimes destructive) emotions associated with ADHD can manifest in frustration, sensitivity, or tendency to depression. Here’s why — and what you should know to control them.
The criteria for Diagnosing ADHD are subjective and Expanding. Rae Thomas and Colleagues explain how enthusiastic diagnosis in children with mild symptoms could result in harm, and undermine the value of the diagnosis in children with severe symptoms.
https://www.jstor.org/stable/43513124
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This study systematically analyzed life stories of adults with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) who were diagnosed in adulthood, using an adapted version of Labov's textual-analysis method. These life stories provided an opportunity to examine the processes experienced by these individuals before and after the diagnosis of ADHD, from their perspective. The results indicate that the narrators experienced repeated failures in many aspects of life. Many of them internalized negative
https://www.jstor.org/stable/24570133
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Some boys may be labeled incorrectly with the condition, but undertreatment may be the bigger problem
https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/48592038
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Raising a child with ADHD isn’t like traditional childrearing. Normal rule-making and household routines can become almost impossible, depending on the type and severity of your child’s symptoms, so you’ll need to adopt different approaches.
Bringing up a child with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder or ADHD comes with its own challenges. There are no hard and fast rules, as ADHD can have different degrees of severity and symptoms. However, children can benefit from person-centered or tailor-made approaches.
Sometimes it seems that ADHD is everywhere. Everyone’s kid either has ADD or ADHD and the majority of those kids are medicated to deal with the symptoms. ADHD – Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder is a brain disorder with symptoms that include inattentiveness, hyperactivity and impulsivity.
A study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that an increasing number of pregnant women are taking attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) medicine.
We continue to see an increasing number of women with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) who are either pregnant or planning to conceive. While we have considerable data to indicate that women with mood and anxiety disorders are at increased risk for relapse during pregnancy, we have very limited information on the course of ADHD during pregnancy.
About 1.4 million people in the U.S. have been diagnosed with Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Since nearly half of pregnancies in the U.S. are unplanned, her situation isn’t uncommon.
The school setting can be a difficult place for children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The core symptoms of ADHD, which include inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity, make meeting the curriculum demands of the classroom challenging.
In 2015 the highest number of prescriptions filled were for women who were 20-24 years old (5.5 percent), followed by ones for teens 15-19 years old (5.4 percent), and women who were 25-29 (4 percent).
Leading ADHD experts give real-life answers to questions submitted by ADD adults and parents raising children with ADHD across a range of topics covering symptoms, school, work, and family life.
A young girl named Skippy finds it very hard to concentrate at school. Loud sounds and even lights are distracting. She finds that daydreaming or getting up and moving helps her control the distractions – but doing that disrupts the class....
An informative look into the medical world of ADHD, diagnosis, and coping. Everything a parent needs to know to help harness their child's ADHD superpower.
A compiled list of leading books in ADHD information and research. A solid starting point for those looking to build their ADHD library and knowledge base!
Raising a child with ADHD isn’t like traditional childrearing. Normal rule-making and household routines can become almost impossible, depending on the type and severity of your child’s symptoms, so you’ll need to adopt different approaches.