For adults withADHD, the standard treatment is medication. But experts say that ADHD therapy -- and other psychosocial treatments -- can play a key role alongside drugs. “I think for many adults with ADHD, therapy is essential,” says David W. Goodman MD, assistant professor of psychiatry at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Recommended Related to ... Read More

Your son or daughter was just diagnosed with ADHD, or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. And as you sat there in the office, listening to the doctor tick off the symptoms – the attention problems, the disorganization, the fidgeting – you recognized yourself. Suddenly, you wonder: Could I have adult ADHD? You ... Read More

ATLANTA, July 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Shire Limited , the global specialty biopharmaceutical company, today announced that it has launched VYVANSE(TM) (lisdexamfetamine dimesylate) for the treatment of adults with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). This launch follows the recent FDA approval of VYVANSE to treat ADHD in the adult population. VYVANSE ... Read More

MONDAY, July 7 (HealthDay News) -- Children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are at a 50 percent higher risk for being overweight if they are not taking medication for the condition, a new study finds. On the other hand, youngsters who were medicated for ADHD had a raised risk of being ... Read More

TUESDAY, May 27 (HealthDay News) -- Adults with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) miss, on average, more than three weeks a year in workplace productivity, according to a new global reckoning of the problem. Altogether, between 3 percent and 4 percent of adults worldwide have ADHD, according to survey data from ... Read More

NEW YORK -- April 24, 2008 -- The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved lisdexamfetamine dimesylate (Vyvanse) for the treatment of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in adults. Introduced in July 2007 for the treatment of ADHD in children aged 6 to 12 years, lisdexamfetamine is the first and only ... Read More

Like many young mothers, Sophie Currier is a busy woman. There's all the family stuff at the Brookline home she shares with her partner, Jeremie Gallien , and their 7-month-old son, Theo. There's work -- a teaching assistantship for a biochemistry course at Harvard University. And there's school. After majoring in ... Read More

With researchers looking for the genes behind ADHD, it's also clear that it's a biological, inherited disorder. It is not, as had been once thought, "caused by bad parenting or weak character," said Dr. David W. Goodman, a psychiatrist and adult ADHD specialist at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, ... Read More

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