ScienceDaily (Oct. 19, 2012) — Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder is both under and over diagnosed. That’s the result of one of the largest studies conducted on ADHD in the United States, published in the Journal of Attention Disorders.
Category: children
Boyfriend Pillow holds you while you watch ‘Steel Magnolias’
He’s the squishy silent type. The Boyfriend Pillow for lonely ladies brings new meaning to the concept of a stuffed shirt.
Whistle away the need for diapers: Vietnamese babies often out of diapers at nine months
SPOILED ROTTEN
Why do kids rule the roost?
The Child, the Tablet and the Developing Mind
Researchers still do not know what the future might hold for a generation raised with smartphones and tablets.
Making fruit easier to eat increases sales and consumption in school cafeterias
Why do babies calm down when they are carried?
Apr. 18, 2013 — Parents know that crying babies usually calm down when they are picked up and carried, but why is that? In a study published today, researchers from the RIKEN Brain Science Institute show that human babies and mouse pups alike automatically relax deeply when they are carried.
Diagnosing the Wrong Deficit
Could what looks like A.D.H.D. be a sleep disorder in disguise?
You Do Not Have Asperger’s
What psychiatry’s new diagnostic manual means for people on the autism spectrum.
By Amy S.F. Lutz
Mindfulness can increase wellbeing and reduce stress in school children
Mindfulness — a mental training that develops sustained attention that can change the ways people think, act and feel — could reduce symptoms of stress and depression and promote wellbeing among school children, according to a new study published online by the British Journal of Psychiatry.