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Driven to Distraction authors Hallowell and Ratey on fMRI testing, brain plasticity research, and understanding ADHD today.

Getting rid of childhood memorabilia is emotional but not difficult. Keep what you want to keep and donate or toss the rest away.

Depression treatment improves with healthy habits including good nutrition, routines, exercise, sleep, and relationships.

Self compassion is a practiced skill for children with ADHD. Here, a self-critical parent seeks help cultivating self forgiveness and passing the skill along to their child.

Emotional hyperarousal and sensitivity is common among children and adults with ADHD. Use this self-test to determine if you may be experiencing symptoms such as intense fear of rejection, sleeplessness, and anger or sadness.

Rejection sensitivity causes some people with ADHD to become people-pleasers to make and keep friends. Here, learn how to raise your confidence and set healthy boundaries.

DSM-5 ADHD criteria is flawed because it ignores executive function and emotional regulation impairments, and overemphasizes attention deficits and external hyperactivity, among other reasons.

Adult ADHD symptoms are real and persistent, according to research on ADD beyond adolescence. The diagnostic criteria for attention deficit in adulthood needs to catch up.

Employer branding muddles the job search for people with ADHD by making the company appeal to neurotypical talent.

Time blindness, hyperarousal, autism in women, positive vs negative reinforcement, and more fascinating topics are covered in ADDitude’s must-read ADHD articles.