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Treating the Hidden Complexities of ADHD

ADDitude

Pharmacotherapy of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Pharmacotherapy of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder in individuals with autism spectrum disorder: A systematic review of the literature. BMC psychiatry, 17(1), 302. link] 2 Danielson, M. Claussen, A.

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CDC to Study Vaccines and Autism Despite Extensive Evidence Showing No Link

ADDitude

In 2024, approximately 280,000 kindergartners remained unvaccinated for measles, compared with 180,000 before the pandemic. Though Discredited, Studys Legacy of Fear Persists Fears of a link between the MMR vaccine and autism were first sparked in 1998, when a now-discredited study by Andrew J. J Autism Dev Disord 2007;37:210-217.

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ARFID Elevates Risk for ADHD, Autism in Youth: New Study

ADDitude

in a 2024 ADDitude webinar, Eating Disorders Comorbid with ADHD: What You Need to Know About ARFID, Anorexia, and Others. Its important to really think about those with ADHD being at risk for a variety of eating disorder thoughts and behaviors, not just binge eating, said Christine Peat, Ph.D.,

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Screen Time for Children Under Three: A Trigger for Virtual Autism?

Mad in America

Some researchers, alarmed at climbing autism rates among children as screen usage surged, have come around to viewing virtual autism as a real syndrome that is reversable. Virtual autism is not yet a medical diagnosis, but today doctors seem to know what it is and how to treat and even prevent it. Psychiatry, vol 12.