Note that this study did not directly compare online therapy to face-to-face sessions. Rather, it compared online therapy with physician treatment to a group which received physician treatment but no therapy. While there is considerable debate as to whether online therapy is at par with face-to-face sessions, this is at least a step towards finding [...]

A WebMD article states: Researchers found calls to poison control centers for adolescent ADHD prescription drug abuse increased out of proportion to other poison center calls in recent years, which suggests a growing problem with abuse of these stimulant drugs. The article also goes on to state that the study found that there was an [...]

A study found that the people that multitask the most are the least effective at it. It would be interesting to evaluate ADHD symptoms in the study sample, and see how it correlates with multitasking effectiveness. In the MSNBC.com article, Clifford Nass Ph.D. said, “Is multitasking causing them to be lousy at multitasking, or is [...]

The Collaborative Multisite Multi-modal Treatment Study of Children With ADHD (MTA) study examined ADHD behavior outcomes of 579 children that were each enrolled in one of four forms of treatment: medication alone, behavioral intervention alone, behavioral intervention plus medication, and standard community care. After 14 months, the study subjects could then continue community care if [...]