Topics: ADHD | Child Psychiatry | Free Articles

Why has Vyvanse become by far the most prescribed stimulant in the United States? Great marketing? A great product? Some combination of the two?

Topics: ADHD | Child Psychiatry

Guanfacine, a drug originally used to treat hypertension, has been reformulated and now has new life as a medication to treat ADHD in children.

Topics: ADHD | Child Psychiatry

Read about this balanced approach, including alternatives to medications, in treating children and adolescents with ADHD in an interview with pediatrician and author Lawrence Diller, MD.

Topics: Anxiety Disorder | Research Updates

College can be a time of stress and loneliness for students. A new study shows that pet therapy may help ease the suffering.

Topics: Autism Spectrum Disorder | Child Psychiatry | Research Updates

There is disagreement about the causes of this increased incidence of autism. Debate has focused on whether the rise in cases is an artifact caused by increased diagnosis and reporting, or if there is some unknown pathogenic factor in the environment that is causing an actual increase in new cases. A new study out of Denmark provides support for the artifact argument.

Topics: Child Psychiatry | Depressive Disorder | Research Updates

Transitioning to high school can be a tough time, and studies have shown that teenagers are increasingly likely to have symptoms of depression over the course of their freshman year of school. Now an intriguing study seems to show that a simple intervention can ease these symptoms quite effectively.

Topics: Addiction | Child Psychiatry | Research Updates | Substance Abuse

A new study provides strong evidence that chronic marijuana use during adolescence can lead to significant social and psychiatric issues later in life.

Topics: ADHD | News of Note | Pharmaceutical Industry

Whether generics are really therapeutically equivalent to branded versions of drugs has long been controversial.

Topics: ADHD | Child Psychiatry | News of Note

Given new research from Sweden, it won’t hurt—and might help—for clinicians to suggest their patients with attention deficit disorder (ADD) take supplements of the fatty acids omega 3 and 6.

Topics: Child Psychiatry | News of Note

School districts should move start times for middle and high schools to 8:30 a.m. or later, so that students can get at least 8.5 hours of sleep per night, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics.

Topics: Child Psychiatry | News of Note

More than a quarter-million middle school and high school students who had never smoked regular cigarettes used e-cigarettes in 2013, according to a study released by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Topics: News of Note

A new study reveals that people who have been in prison run a higher risk of committing suicide, particularly just after their release.

Topics: Antidepressants | News of Note | Risk Management

The psychiatric community continues to debate the value of the US Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) so-called ‘black box’ warning on certain antidepressants, and a pair of opposing viewpoints was recently featured in the New England Journal of Medicine.