People often use ADD and ADHD interchangeably. Discover the medical history behind these terms and why doctors updated the official diagnosis years ago.

Children who have an older sibling with autism spectrum disorder (autism) are at greater risk of developmental vulnerabilities if they also have other relatives with neurodevelopmental or psychiatric ...

The first modern psychiatrist Phillipe Pinel supervised the removal of chains from the mentally ill at the Paris Bicetre and Salpetriere hospitals at the end of the 18th century. He improved living ...

Objective To examine whether adolescents with a history of mental health treatment experienced worse acute neurocognitive effects (within 3 days) following sport-related concussion compared to ...

Psychiatry got its name as a medical specialty in the early 1800s. For the first century of its existence, the field concerned itself with severely disordered individuals confined to asylums or ...

ORLANDO -- Neuropsychiatric events among children after starting montelukast (Singulair) for allergy and asthma treatment were more likely for those who had a history of comorbid psychiatric ...