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March 1, 2011Mind & Brain
Hyper One Day, Calm the Next: Changes in ADHD: A diagnosis of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder may vanish over time; Katherine Sharpe; March / April 2011; 10.1038/scientificamericanmind0311-10b

July 1, 2009Mind & Brain
Do ADHD Drugs Take a Toll on the Brain?: Research hints that hidden risks might accompany long-term use of the medicines that treat attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder; Edmund S. Higgins; July/August 2009; 10.1038/scientificamericanmind0709-38

June 1, 2007Mind & Brain
Informing the ADHD Debate: The latest neurological research has injected much needed objectivity into the disagreement over how best to treat children with attention-deficit disorders.; Aribert Rothenberger and Tobias Banaschewski; The Early Years; 10.1038/scientificamerican0607-36sp

February 1, 2006Mind & Brain
Train Your Brain: Mental exercises with neurofeedback may ease symptoms of attention-deficit disorder, epilepsy and depression--and even boost cognition in healthy brains; Ulrich Kraft; February/March 2006; 10.1038/scientificamericanmind0206-58

September 21, 2012Environment
Kids Exposed to Mercury or Lead More Likely to Experience Attention Deficit: Inuit children exposed to higher levels of these metals are at least three times as likely to be identified as suffering from attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder; Marla Cone and Environmental Health News

August 22, 2007Mind & Brain
Impulse Stopping: When the Mind Exercises 'Free Won't': The finding of the region associated with impulse control may one day identify brain circuits involved in addiction as well as attention deficit and personality disorders; Nikhil Swaminathan

June 1, 2007Mind & Brain
Train Your Brain: Mental exercises with neurofeedback may ease symptoms of attention-deficit disorder, epilepsy and depression--and even boost cognition in healthy brains; Ulrich Kraft; The Early Years; 10.1038/scientificamerican0607-76sp

June 16, 2018Behavior
Numerous Health Problems Burden Young Adults with Autism: Young people with autism have more psychiatric and medical conditions than do their typical peers or those with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD); Jessica Wright and Spectrum

December 1, 2004Mind & Brain
Informing the ADHD Debate: The latest neurological research has injected much needed objectivity into the disagreement over how best to treat children with attention-deficit disorders; Aribert Rothenberger and Tobias Banaschewski; December 2004; 10.1038/scientificamericanmind1204-50

April 3, 2015Mind & Brain
Childhood ADHD Linked to Secondhand Smoke: Children exposed to tobacco smoke at home are up to three times more likely to have attention deficit hyperactive disorder (ADHD) as unexposed kids, according to a new study from Spain

August 9, 2016Neuroscience
Autism, OCD and Attention Deficit May Share Brain Markers: All three illnesses linked to glitches in nerve bundle linking brain hemispheres; Ann Griswold and Spectrum

November 5, 2010Mind & Brain
What Is Psychopathology? Examining the Changing Status of ADHD: Despite the fact that my research lies at the intersection between cognitive, comparative, and developmental psychology, I am also quite interested in the evolution of our understanding of psychopathology...; Jason G. Goldman

November 11, 2014Mind & Brain
Resources to Help Your Child with ADHD Flourish: In my prior post (“The Creative Gifts of ADHD“), I argued that there are a heck of a lot of creative possibilities that remain dormant in children with ADHD due to the way we treat such children in an educational context...; Scott Barry Kaufman

December 1, 2007Mind & Brain
Smoking Away Schizophrenia?: Nicotinelike drugs show promise for alleviating cognitive impairment; Lisa Conti; December 2007/January 2008; 10.1038/scientificamericanmind1207-9

October 22, 2014Mind & Brain
Can Video Games Diagnose Cognitive Deficits?: This blog is the third in a series of guest posts on technology and the brain to celebrate Scientific American Mind’s 10-year anniversary.; George Ioannou

December 1, 2007Mind & Brain
December and January Calendar: December 2007/January 2008; 10.1038/scientificamericanmind1207-18; Originally published as "Health Calendar" in December 2007/January 2008

January 1, 2015Mind & Brain
Blood Type Matters for Brain Health: People with AB blood type are at higher risk for age-related cognitive decline; Andrea Anderson and Victoria Stern; Scientific American Mind Volume 26, Issue 1; 10.1038/scientificamericanmind0115-16a

March 8, 2021Neurology
We Need to Rename ADHD: Calling the condition a disorder falsely implies we know of a cause located in the brains of people diagnosed with it—and we don’t; Branko van Hulst, Sander Werkhoven and Sarah Durston | Opinion

February 16, 2010
Chronic health conditions in children are on the rise: The prevalence of chronic health conditions among children in the U.S. doubled between 1994 and 2006, according to a study published in the February 17 issue of JAMA The Journal of the American Medical Association ...; Katie Moisse

February 4, 2013Mind & Brain
Yet Another Harrowing Story of White Collar Addiction: Yesterday, Alan Schwarz, reporting for the Sunday edition of The New York Times , published an alarmist piece on Adderall abuse. The story chronicles the short life of Richard Fee, a popular young pre-med who, after dabbling in fast-acting stimulants in college, faked his way into an ADHD diagnosis and, within months of filling his first prescription, began heavily abusing the drug, leading to severe addiction and psychosis, and ultimately to his suicide, two years ago, at the age of twenty-four...; melody

Hyper One Day, Calm the Next: Changes in ADHD