Posts tagged as: ADHD treatment

No parent wants to admit that there’s something “different” about their child.  It’s hard to get feedback from teachers that their child is not “cutting it” or even worse being disruptive in the classroom. Equally frustrating and overwhelming is not being able to manage their child’s behavior at home. Parents often take such feedback as […]

The short answer about whether adult-onset ADHD is a real phenomenon, like many matters of the brain, is “yes and no.” Although ADHD diagnosis has evolved over the past 50 years, psychologists have long understood ADHD to be a neurodevelopmental disorder, meaning that it begins in childhood.  The current criteria specify that there must be […]