Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Among young adults with ADHD, those taking stimulant medications had greater odds of cardiomyopathy. The ...

Worried that this will be you if you are prescribed stimulants for ADHD? Recent research show this won't happen. Source: MART PRODUCTION/Pexels Despite the effectiveness of stimulant medications ...

The February 2012 issue of the American Journal of Psychiatry contains several articles about the use of stimulants and other aspects of attention-deficit ...

Many parents whose kids take prescription stimulants like Ritalin to treat ADHD worry that it could lead to illicit drug use later. A University of Michigan study appearing in JAMA Network Open found ...

Overall, just over 25% of people with prescriptions for ADHD medications reported misusing them. About 9% had what is called prescription stimulant use disorder, or addiction. Prescriptions for ADHD ...

Lizzie Duszynski-Goodman is a journalist living in the Midwest with her husband and two young children. Her work explores the intersection of mental health, wellness and parenting. She is the former ...

Prescriptions for ADHD medications have been spiking in recent years, with the sharpest increase among middle-aged and older women. They’re also the least likely to misuse the prescription stimulants, ...

The use of stimulant therapy by adolescents with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) was not associated with later prescription drug misuse (PDM), a new ...

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Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is one of the most commonly diagnosed psychiatric disorders in children, yet many parents are resistant to giving their kids certain prescription ...

Though ADHD is typically treated with stimulants like Adderall, people may opt for non-stimulants because they come with ...