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ADHD
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Risk Factors
May 11, 2021
ADHD Common in People with Mood Disorders
In a meta-analysis published in the journal Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica in 2021, researcher Andrea Sandstrom and colleagues reported that people with mood disorders had a three times higher incidence of attention-defici...
Risk Factors
May 5, 2021
Study Examines Comorbidity of ADHD and Bipolar Disorder
In a 2021 review and meta-analysis in the journal Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, researcher Carmen Schiweck and colleagues described the comorbidity of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and bipolar d...
Risk Factors
October 21, 2019
Comorbid Psychiatric Disorders Impair Response to Psychosocial Treatment in Adolescents with Bipolar Disorder
At the 2019 meeting of the International Society for Bipolar Disorders, researcher Marc J. Weintraub and colleagues followed 145 adolescents with bipolar disorder over a period of two years. The adolescents with comorbid d...
Risk Factors
September 8, 2017
Methylphenidate Does Not Cause Mania When Taken with a Mood Stabilizer
Methylphenidate is an effective treatment for attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Ritalin may be the most commonly recognized trade name for methylphenidate, but it is also sold under the names Concerta, Daytr...
Biology
July 29, 2015
Surprisingly, Adult ADHD Is Distinct From Childhood ADHD
In a longitudinal study of 1,037 people born in Dunedin, New Zealand in 1972 and 1973, most participants with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in adulthood did not have the disorder as children. The study by...