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Beth Krone, Ph.D. and Jessica Downes J.D. The National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) at the NIH places health and mental health products and practices in the context of rigorous science for reference of the public and professionals. Their...

As an on-going feature of our blog forum, we invite members to submit brief write-ups about their current work and the programs they have to offer. In this spirit, we are happy to highlight an ongoing study of our colleagues in the Netherlands: Dr. Sandra Kooij, Dr....

Attached is an important update of the European Consensus statement regarding the diagnosis and treatment of adult ADHD. This is yet another important resource that includes several APSARD members as authors. CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL PAPER. Abstract Background...

Nearly 15 years ago, suggestive evidence began to arise that ADHD may have a detrimental impact on life expectancy. Such opinions were based on what were then new findings from a longitudinal study at Stanford university initiated by Terman of gifted children followed...

The brain is a plastic organ that changes and reacts to its environment. In recent years, researchers have become increasingly interested in how brain injuries can affect development well into adulthood. More than 300,000 children are treated for traumatic brain...

The presence of mental health disorders in preschool children, such as anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder and ADHD has been documented more frequently in the past 10 years (Luby, 2017). However, despite recent evidence that early detection of mental health...