WEDNESDAY, Jan. 7, 2026 (HealthDay News) — For decades, doctors assumed ADHD medications like Ritalin and Adderall work by ...

“Despite the name ‘Attention Deficit,’ ADHD is a multifaceted disorder in which difficulty focusing attention is just one component,” Maggie Sweitzer, a professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences ...

Now, researchers say the stimulants don’t work as previously believed. Instead of affecting regions of the brain that control ...

Adderall, Ritalin and other stimulants prescribed for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder seem to work on brain areas ...

New research suggests that recognizing ADHD-related strengths like creativity and hyperfocus may improve mental health and ...

Attention disorders such as ADHD arise when the brain struggles to separate important signals from irrelevant noise. At any moment, the brain is flooded with information, and staying focused depends ...

Task paralysis is believed to be related to sensory overload, and generally looks like “over-analyzing, the inability to get ...

Neurodevelopmental disorders like autism and ADHD often share symptoms, including challenges with social situations, staying ...

In a recent study, people with ADHD were more likely to strongly identify with 10 character strengths, including creativity ...

Drugs like Adderall and Ritalin appear to help children with ADHD by activating brain areas involved in alertness and ...

Granules Pharmaceuticals, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Granules India, has received tentative approval from the US Food and ...

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