Generative AI companies have adopted a "move fast and break things mantra" that endangers children's lives, a bipartisan coalition of state attorneys general recently said.

GRIN2A gene mutations emerge as single-gene cause of childhood schizophrenia, anxiety, and mood disorders, potentially ...

There are many myths about what ADHD is and is not due to misinformation and misunderstanding about the diagnosis. Unfortunately, many of these myths are even perpetuated by the very providers tasked ...

People are often diagnosed with multiple neurodivergencies and mental health conditions, but the biggest genetic analysis so ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr has spent years railing against food additives, framing them as part of a broader threat to public health. Now, as the US health secretary, his views have taken on new weight.

Scientists at the University of Maryland School of Medicine have made an exciting discovery that could help explain how some brain disorders begin in childhood. They found that when children ...

ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder) causes students to be more inattentive, hyperactive, and impulsive than is normal for their age. ADHD can affect a student's behavior, learning, ...

As a result, quieter presentations, such as daydreaming, inattention, and internalizing symptoms, many of which are typical in girls, were not considered. Girls were subsequently misdiagnosed with ...

Children under age 6 who are diagnosed with ADHD are often given medication right away, which contradicts medical treatment guidelines that recommend starting with six months of behavioral therapy ...

A new study found that young children with ADHD often receive medication immediately after diagnosis without undergoing six months of behavioral therapy mandated by clinical guidelines. The study was ...

An Indiana University study brings a comprehensive new perspective to a growing body of evidence suggesting that mild to moderate use of prescribed opioid pain medications during pregnancy does not ...