ADD and ADHD Articles and Research
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AAP Children's Health Topics: ADHD - Information for parents includes diagnosing ADHD, establishing and evaluating a treatment plan, types of attention deficit, common questions, tool kit, and guide.
ADD/ADHD, Vision and Learning - Links to articles on possible relationships between attention deficit disorders and vision problems, vision therapy for learning disabilities, and vision screening for at-risk students.
AD/HD and Enuresis (Bedwetting) - Discusses possible connections, prevalence of enuresis in children, suspected causes, and types of treatment. Includes behavior modification, psychotherapy, allergies, and medication.
ADHD and Family Life - Discusses a study on how having a child with ADHD affects parents' satisfaction with their family life. Includes details of each study group, methods of data analysis, and recommendations for parents.
Attention Deficit Disorder: Facts, Prevention and Treatment Strategies - Articles on ADD/ADHD and nutrition. Includes facts and statistics, prevention and treatment strategies, personal stories, and nutrient supplement kit.
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) - Discusses whether the signs that point to ADHD are the normal turbo-speed pace of the average toddler. Includes symptom definitions and tips for parents.
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) - Factsheet explains types, symptoms, causes, diagnosis and treatment. Includes managing behavior, school, medicines, diet and coping.
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) - Health factsheet information on attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), including the symptoms and treatment of this behaviour disorder in children.
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (Exposing the Fraud of ADD and ADHD) - Commentaries, on news reports and articles, arguing that ADHD/ADD is a fraud. Emails, media appearances, and related sites also provided.
Attention Research Update - Free email newsletter about current issues and research related to attention deficit disorders in children and teens. Includes newsletters for teachers and health professionals.
Behavioral Treatment for ADHD: An Overview - Explains using positive reinforcement, rewards or privileges, and negative consequences to modify bad behavior. Includes creating a game plan, not teaching a child to misbehave, and when to seek professional help.
Classroom Tips for Your ADD Child - Offers advice for parents of school-age children. Includes definitions, statistics, what to do, who can help, and tips for educators.
The Coincidence of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Creativity - Portions of a paper, by Dr. Bonnie Cramond, discussing possible common etiologies, comparison of characteristics, nature of the relationship between creativity and ADHD, and ADHD and giftedness.
DrGreene.com: ADHD - Articles for parents about ADD/ADHD. Topics include symptoms, diagnosis, diet, environment, sleep, and medication.
Executive Functions & ADHD - Overview of what they are and how ADHD affects these functions in children. Includes a chart with definitions, and associated dysfunctions.
Gifted Students with ADHD: Between Two Worlds - Information for parents includes definitions, shared characteristics, specific challenges, evaluation and diagnosis, and treatment.
Helping Your Child Succeed at School: Parent as Coach, Advocate and Partner - Information on how parents can advocate for their child or teen while maintaining the child's sense of responsibility.
Notes on ADD - Provides advice and information for teachers, parents, and families of children with attention deficit disorders. Includes the role of reasoning in learning.
Teens with ADHD - Provides information for helping children and teenagers with ADD or ADHD. Includes disorder types, articles for parents, school strategies, and treatment planning.
Pediatric Oncall: Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder - Answers to commonly asked questions on ADHD. Includes causes, treatments, hereditary factors, and relationship to intelligence. (July 4, 2001)
Is ADHD Being Overdiagnosed? - Article discussing how ADHD may be the wrong diagnosis in many cases. Includes comments from mental health professionals, other possible diagnoses, and the story of one young boy. (November 18, 1998)
Attention Deficit Disorder - Describes the disorder with and without hyperactivity. Includes classroom modifications, counseling and education, similar conditions, co-existing conditions, and national resources. (July 1, 1997) Help build the largest human-edited directory on the web.