Adult ADHD treatment surges as stimulant prescriptions more than double since the COVID-19 pandemic began, as a new study ...

Direct-to-consumer (DTC) advertising of pharmaceuticals is a controversial topic within healthcare and psychiatry, with only ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Alison Escalante M.D. covers neurodiversity, pediatrics and parenting. Stimulant medications are considered the first-line ...

Stimulant medications and non-stimulant medications affect brain chemistry through different mechanisms”— Dr. Stanford ...

Not long ago, most people thought of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, as a childhood condition that would eventually be outgrown. Now it's everywhere. Subscribe to our newsletter for ...

For children with attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), use of prescription stimulant medication to manage their symptoms was not associated with later substance use, according to a ...

From 2021 to 2023, stimulant marketing payments doubled and tripled for physicians and advanced practice clinicians, respectively. The increases were driven in large part by growth in marketing to ...

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 ...

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