The anxiety-ADHD combination is associated with greater life difficulties than having ADHD alone. Effective treatments for the uncertainty inherent in adult ADHD may also benefit anxiety relief.

Adult ADHD doesn’t usually travel alone. Among its more common companions are depression, alcohol and drug abuse, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), Tourette’s syndrome, and, of course, anxiety.

ADHD is experienced in about 4% of adults and 11% of children. Anxiety is experienced in about 19% of adults and 7% of children. While they are separate conditions, it is not uncommon to have both.

ADHD can exacerbate anxiety, and anxiety can exacerbate ADHD. Girls are particularly vulnerable to developing anxiety disorders, but researchers have recently discovered something that may help ...

Are you or your loved ones affected by ADHD? Untreated ADHD presents in adults in many different ways, such as interrupting and poor time management.

Kelli Lehto, Associate Professor of Neuropsychiatric Genomics at the University of Tartu, is leading a prestigious Europe ...

An estimated 15.5 million Americans have attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, and roughly half were diagnosed as adults.

Allison Burk’s teenage daughter struggled with uncontrolled emotions, a shrinking attention span, and a growing tendency to procrastinate. A family doctor suggested ADHD testing, which led to an ...

Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder is a developmental disorder characterized by inattentiveness, hyperactivity and impulsive behavior. An estimated 4.4% of ...

Adults with depression who do not respond to treatment with a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor may have undetected ADHD and not treatment-resistant depression, new research suggests.