Do we have any evidence ADHD drugs may be harmful to developing minds? With nearly 6 million children diagnosed with the condition according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, it’s a fair question, especially when we consider children often take these drugs for many years. One of my …
Here’s something for all you mothers and fathers who know what it’s like trying to console a screaming infant in the dead of night: Your cooing, rocking, swaddling, and all other attempts to pacify your child – they’re ineffective, even irrelevant, in how he or she will react to the …
So here’s an intriguing study showing children with ADHD have slower brain development than their peers. By about three years. Using brain scans, researchers affiiliated with the National Institute of Mental Health pinpointed the areas of the brain associated with the primary symptoms of ADHD (e.g., lack of concentration, impulsive …