Autistic young people who also have ADHD showed weaker resting brain connections than autistic peers without ADHD, according to a 2026 brain-imaging study of 69 people.1 Most autism-linked differences were shared by both autistic groups, but the extra ADHD diagnosis came with its own pattern, especially in a brain area that helps with attention and …
Ultra-processed food made up almost half the daily calories of 128 Saudi children and teens with ADHD in a 2026 survey study.1 Their quality of life was well below published norms, but kids who ate more ultra-processed food did not report a worse quality of life than kids who ate less.1 Research Highlights Half the …
Autistic children had more complex, irregular brain-wave signals at rest than typically developing children in a 2026 EEG study of 186 kids aged 3 to 11 in Beijing.1 The gap was widest in preschoolers aged 3 to 6 and smaller, and limited to some brain regions, in school-age children. Research Highlights Higher complexity in autism: …
A 2026 nationwide study in Japan found that 28.6% of hospitalized patients with schizophrenia who were checked for treatment resistance met the criteria.1 Nearly half of those patients left the hospital on clozapine, the only antipsychotic with established benefit for this form of the illness. Research Highlights Large real-world sample: records covered 18,914 inpatients discharged …
In an MRI study of 337 young people aged 8 to 18, autistic boys and autistic girls each showed their own cluster of brain structure differences compared with peers of the same sex.1 The boys’ pattern centered on a face-processing region and tracked with social and communication traits; the girls’ pattern centered on a memory …
Among people prescribed ADHD medication in 5 health systems, recorded self-harm was most common in the 3 months before their first prescription, not after it.1 Risk fell once treatment began but stayed a little above each person’s unmedicated baseline. Research Highlights Highest risk before the first prescription: in the 90 days before starting ADHD medication, …
An 8-week virtual reality game program improved teacher ratings of how well children with ADHD were managing school, compared with children on a waiting list. A randomized trial in Turkey tested the program in 92 children aged 7 to 12.1 Research Highlights Scores rose with VR: the teacher-rated school participation total climbed from 136.6 to …