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 …
In a 2026 interview study, people of color living with both PTSD and a substance use disorder described racism and sexism as part of how both conditions began.1 Women and men told different stories, though: for women, the path ran through sexual violence and fear of being blamed; for men, through street and family violence …
Three men with ADHD and lifelong tics, treated at a Tokyo clinic, saw their tics ease soon after starting a low dose of guanfacine, a non-stimulant ADHD medication, according to a 2026 case report.1 Their ADHD symptoms improved more slowly and only partly, and with 3 patients and no comparison group, the report raises a …
A Turkish version of the UCLA PTSD Reaction Index, a widely used child and teen PTSD questionnaire, separated trauma-exposed adolescents with and without PTSD well in a 157-person clinic study.1 Higher scores were linked to more problems at home, at school, with friends, and in development.1 Research Highlights Strong screening accuracy: total scores told apart …
Children and teens in cancer treatment who felt their family worked well together reported fewer sleep problems, in a 2026 study of 518 young patients in China.1 Lower depression and anxiety accounted for a sizable share of that link. Research Highlights Better family functioning, fewer sleep problems: each 1-point rise on a 0–10 family functioning …
In a 2026 study of 138 teens with ADHD at a clinic in Turkey, school discipline, frequent absences, family factors and gaps in ADHD treatment were far more common in those who also had conduct disorder.1 A machine-learning model built from school, family and treatment records rarely flagged the wrong teen, but it missed about …
Children with ADHD often find math harder than their classmates do, but a weak gut sense of “how many” does not seem to be the reason. In a 2026 Italian study of 20 children with ADHD and 43 children without it, the ADHD group scored lower in math yet estimated quantities of dots, flashes and …