“Despite the name ‘Attention Deficit,’ ADHD is a multifaceted disorder in which difficulty focusing attention is just one component,” Maggie Sweitzer, a professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences ...

Now, researchers say the stimulants don’t work as previously believed. Instead of affecting regions of the brain that control ...

For decades, ADHD stimulant medications have been thought to sharpen attention, but new research has uncovered something very ...

Adderall, Ritalin and other stimulants prescribed for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder seem to work on brain areas ...

ADHD stimulants appear to work less by sharpening focus and more by waking up the brain. Brain scans revealed that these ...

ADHD stimulants may improve performance not by sharpening focus, but by making the brain more awake and motivated.

Prescription stimulants, such as Ritalin and Adderall, are widely used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), including in children. In the U.S., about 3.5 million children aged 3 ...

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A new finding that one in 10 school-age children has been diagnosed with ADHD isn't all bad news for Minnesota mental health experts, who say it suggests that more undiagnosed children are getting ...