A Swedish study finds that premature birth — even by as little as a few weeks — is linked to a greater likelihood of later being prescribed medication used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The study adds to previous research that has demonstrated that both severe prematurity and low birth weight are risk [...]
What many people have known for awhile — that experiencing nature and the outdoors benefits our mental and physical health — is increasingly buttressed by research, according to a leading researcher who has worked with the U.S. Congress and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “Through the decades, parks advocates, landscape architects, and popular [...]
A diagnosis of attention deficit disorder (ADHD) usually indicates a number of challenges, but a new study suggests there may be benefits as well. As reported in the Journal of Personality and Individual Differences, psychologists discovered adults with ADHD enjoyed more creative achievement than those who didn’t have the disorder. “For the same reason that ADHD might [...]
A sleep deficit of less than one hour of nightly sleep, over the course of six days, can cause children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) to be wary and less attentive. Researchers writing in the journal Sleep discovered even moderate reductions in sleep duration can affect an ADHD child’s brain and their neurobehavioral functioning, [...]
It has been estimated that as many as 4.4% of adults suffer from Attention Deficit Disorder. Statistics show that people with this disorder are less likely to achieve academically and can have difficulty holding down long-term, full-time employment.
Attention deficit disorder, or ADD, is caused by problems in the brain’s dopamine neurotransmitter systems.
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