Research
Clinical trials are studies for drugs that are seeking FDA approval. Clinical trials have a high standard of care, including study subjects being seen by a physician at every visit. For information on available clinical trials, go to www.centerwatch.com http://clinicaltrials.gov/ The clinicaltrials.gov site also lists non-drug research studies and research studies on drugs already approved by [...]
Here's another study on how taking stimulant medication for ADHD does NOT increase the chances of substance abuse. People who started taking stimulant medication at 6 or 7 years of age had the same substance abuse rate as non-ADHD people. In addition, people who started taking stimulant medication when they were 8 to 12 years of [...]
A study by Mannuzza et al. (2002) found that adults with ADHD have difficulty accurately recalling their ADHD symptoms. Adults with ADHD (N=176) who had all received a previous diagnosis of ADHD in childhood were then interviewed by clinicians who were not aware of the subjects' ADHD diagnosis. When the adults with ADHD were interviewed regarding [...]
In a study by Robison et al. in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, it was found that women with ADHD have more functional impairment than men with ADHD. There were 515 subjects in the study, with 34% being women. More women (75%) had combined type ADHD than men (62%). Women had higher scores on measures of [...]
In a study of 40 children who had or were at risk for bipolar disorder scored higher on a measure of creativity than 18 children without the disorder. All of the children's parents had bipolar disorder. Half of the children of bipolar parents had bipolar disorder themselves, and the other half had ADHD. In the measure [...]
The July/August 2007 issue of the Atlantic Monthly discussed a 24-year study by Jean M. Twenge which examined the rate of narcissism in college students.. The Narcissistic Personality Inventory (NPI), a 40-question survey, was administered to 16,475 college students in the United States between 1982 and 2006. It was found that there has been a steady [...]
In the February 2008 issue of the American Journal of Psychiatry, it was found that children with bipolar disorder and children who have a parent or sibling with bipolar disorder have the same difficulty with reading facial expressions. Weak connections and differences in activity were found in a brain circuit that interprets the meaning of social [...]
A study of 102,000 children found that children with asthma have a higher rate of ADHD, depression, and learning disabilities than children without asthma. The more severe the asthma, the more severe the symptoms of ADHD, depression, and LD. The researchers point out this may be partly due to the fact that children with asthma are [...]
JMany parents wonder what the difference is between a developmentally appropriate temper tantrum and a temper tantrum that is out of the range of "normal" child behavior. In the January 2008 issue of The Journal of Pediatrics, researchers compared the temper tantrums of children who had been diagnosed with depression and disruptive behavior disorders to children [...]
The CHADD conference was great. It's such a good feeling to be sitting in a meeting where everyone else is fidgety and distracted too. There were some fascinating presentations on brain structure and genetics. I'll post the info as soon as I unpack.