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Does ADHD Medication Improve the Parenting Skills of Adults with ADHD? Raising children is not easy.  I should know.  As a clinical psychologist, I’ve helped parents learn the skills they need to be better parents.  And my experience raising three children confirmed my clinical experience.  Parenting is a tough job under the best of circumstances […]

A recent structural magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) study of pre-adolescent and adolescent youth reports findings relevant to clinicians who treat ADHD patients of any age.  It suggests that stimulant medications normalize cerebellar volumes.  See more at   A recent structural magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) study of pre-adolescent and adolescent youth reports findings relevant to clinicians […]

Can Physical Exercise Help People with ADHD? By Stephen V. Faraone Animal studies clearly show that physical exercise helps with brain development and improves behaviors known to be impaired in ADHD people.  Some studies in humans are consistent with this, but the data are weaker.  Studies using exercise to treat ADHD suggest that moderate to […]

Adult ADHD and Comorbid Somatic Disease By Stephen V. Faraone, PhD Although there has been much research documenting that ADHD adults are at risk for other psychiatric and substance use disorders, relatively little is known about whether ADHD puts adults at risk for somatic medical disorders.   Given that ADHD people are disorganized and inattentive and […]