In the early 1990s, while working at the Maudsley Hospital in London, clinical and forensic psychologist Susan Young began to notice a troubling trend. Young people diagnosed with conditions such as ...

There are now 2.6 million people in the UK with ADHD – and diagnoses are on the rise. Looking at 18 years of anonymised NHS patient records, researchers at University College London noted a 20-fold ...

It’s thought more than 80% of people with ADHD (short for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder) in the UK remain ...

Adults with ADHD might die up to 11 years earlier than those without the disorder, a first-of-its-kind study has found, as experts call for more investment into treatments. Chief executive of ADHD UK ...

In the United Kingdom, adults with diagnosed attention-deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are living significantly shorter lives than the general population, likely due to modifiable risk ...

We’ve recently written at HuffPost UK about how to spot the signs of autism in adult women and young girls. Autism diagnoses in the UK have risen; alongside that, more and more adults have received ...

Thomas Cooper was five years old when he died while receiving an alternative treatment for ADHD and sleep apnoea. The boy from Royal Oak, Michigan, had been taken by his parents to receive hyperbaric ...

Doctors in the UK are increasingly concerned that a global shortage of ADHD drugs is leading to children going without medication and missing school, and adults self-medicating with alcohol instead.

This article is part 3 of a 5-part series on modern perspectives on ADHD. Part 2, "What is ADHD, Really?" is available here.

A common character trait millions of people expertience every day could be a red flag sign of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity ...