Category Archives: ADHD In The News
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Rates of ADHD diagnosis among US adults are on the rise, study suggests
Posted on November 11, 2019 by CoachRudy in ADHD In The News.By Jacqueline Howard, CNN The prevalence of ADHD has continued to rise significantly among adults in the United States within the past decade, a new study suggests. “Specifically, there was a 43% increase in the rate of adults being newly diagnosed over the 10 year period,” said Dr. Michael Milham, vice president of research at […]
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Too often, poverty is treated with pills
Posted on May 14, 2018 by CoachRudy in ADHD In The News.From “The Economist” Children whose parents are eligible for Medicaid are much more likely to be prescribed psychotropic drugs IN A recently released documentary,“Take Your Pills”, Leigh, a freckled college senior, sits on her bed and reflects on her relationship with Adderall, a stimulant widely used to treat Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), a condition that […]
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7 Surprising Signs You Actually Have High-Functioning ADHD
Posted on May 10, 2018 by CoachRudy in ADHD In The News, Adult ADD/ADHD.By Carina Wolff When most people thinking of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), they may picture someone who is fidgety or someone who gets easily distracted. But some people can have ADHD without even realizing it, and some of the signs of high-functioning ADHD can actually be surprising. The disorder can involve more than just […]
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How does ADHD Affect the Brain?
Posted on August 18, 2017 by CoachRudy in ADHD & Brain, ADHD In The News, ADHD Science.By Liji Thomas, MD Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a condition characterized by an inability to control one’s attention span so as to effectively complete one activity or cognitive process before proceeding to another. This leads to impulsive decision-making and actions, and typically a hyperkinetic mode of life. ADHD is a disorder which primarily originates […]
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These are the signs you may have adult ADHD
Posted on May 22, 2017 by CoachRudy in ADHD In The News, Adult ADD/ADHD.By Jessica Brown The World Health Organisation (WHO) has developed six questions which can help diagnose Adult Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. These are the questions, to which the answers are “never,” “rarely,” “sometimes,” “often” or “very often”. How often do you have difficulty concentrating on what people say to you, even when they are speaking to […]
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Michael Phelps Opens Up About ADHD Struggles: A Teacher Told Me ‘I’d Never Amount to Anything’
Posted on May 8, 2017 by CoachRudy in ADHD Children, Teens & Students, ADHD In The News, Adult ADD/ADHD, Success Stories.By Kathy Ehrich Dowd He’s the most decorated Olympian of all time, but don’t think for a second that growing up as Michael Phelps was easy. The 31-year-old swimming superstar —and new father — opened up about his struggles with ADHD in a new video for the Child Mind Institute‘s Speak Up for Kids campaign, […]
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Boost Your ADHD IQ: Latest Diagnosis and Treatment Guidelines
Posted on January 22, 2016 by CoachRudy in ADHD In The News, Adult ADD/ADHD.By Stephen Hinshaw, Ph.D., Katherine Ellison ADHD seems to be everywhere these days. In recent years, the number of diagnoses has skyrocketed. More than 6.4 million U.S. youth — one in nine children between the ages of four and 17 — have now, at some point in their lives, received a diagnosis of ADHD, […]
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Researchers explain why ADHD continues to affect many adults
Posted on November 5, 2015 by CoachRudy in ADHD In The News, Adult ADD/ADHD.Posted in News Medical Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder is growing up. Stephen Hinshaw and Katherine Ellison authors of the newly published book, ADHD: What Everyone Needs to Know, confirm that adults — and particularly women — are reporting to clinics in record numbers, becoming the fastest-growing part of the population receiving diagnoses and prescriptions for stimulant medications. […]
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Is It Old Age, or A.D.H.D.?
Posted on September 29, 2015 by CoachRudy in ADHD Awareness Month, ADHD In The News, Adult ADD/ADHD.The 73-year-old widow came to see Dr. David Goodman, an assistant professor in the psychiatry and behavioral sciences department at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, after her daughter had urged her to “see somebody” for her increasing forgetfulness. She was often losing her pocketbook and keys and had trouble following conversations, and 15 minutes later […]
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What Everyone Gets Wrong About ADHD
Posted on April 1, 2015 by CoachRudy in ADHD In The News.The Huffington Post | By Sarah Klein Posted: 02/13/2015 Despite an increase in diagnoses, plenty of stigma still surrounds attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD. Adults with ADHD (or parents of children with the disorder) are often somehow blamed for the condition — as if they’re not trying hard enough to control a wide range of symptoms, […]
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