Researchers have identified specific genes containing rare mutations that significantly increase the likelihood of developing ...

Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a neurodevelopmental condition that affects around 2.5% of adults and 7% ...

Taking acetaminophen during pregnancy is not clearly linked to autism or attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in ...

A new study suggests the connection between Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and the body’s primary stress hormone, cortisol, is not one of direct cause and effect. Instead, the two ...

Groundbreaking research has uncovered a set of just three gene variants that can increase the likelihood of attention-deficit ...

BENGALURU: A team of doctors in Bengaluru has identified a previously unknown KDM6B gene variant in a 10-year-old boy ...

States rewarded schools for having high scores. They punished them for low ones. “Schools were treated more like publicly ...

Nearly 32 percent of adolescents have been diagnosed at some point with anxiety; the median age of “onset” is 6 years old.

Some people refer to attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder as "a superpower" while others describe their ADHD symptoms as debilitating. Can both be true?

The study, published in the journal Nature, shows that rare variants in three specific genes—MAP1A, ANO8, and ANK2—can raise ...

One in two people in the United States, just over half of the population, is affected by a neurological disease or disorder, according to a new systematic analysis by the American Academy of Neurology ...

Psychiatric genetics offers insights into the complex, heritable nature of mental illnesses such as schizophrenia and bipolar ...