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Teenage boys fighting on way to school

One in two children with ADHD experience emotional problems, study finds

22 May 2024

Cambridge scientists have shown that problems regulating emotions – which can manifest as depression, anxiety and explosive outbursts – may be a core...

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Toddler's hands touching tree bark

Children with rare genetic disorders more likely to be diagnosed with developmental, behavioural and mental health problems

03 Aug 2022

A major study of children with intellectual disabilities has highlighted the additional challenges that they often face, including a much-increased...

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Learning difficulties due to poor connectivity, not specific brain regions, study shows

27 Feb 2020

Different learning difficulties do not correspond to specific regions of the brain, as previously thought, say researchers at the University of...

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ADHD

Differences in brain structure and memory suggest adolescents may not ‘grow out of’ ADHD

27 Aug 2015

Young adults diagnosed with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in adolescence show differences in brain structure and perform poorly in...

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Cluster of greatest grey matter volume reduction in patients with ADHD compared with control subjects located in the left middle frontal gyrus, overlaid on a rendered standardized brain template.

Imaging study shows dopamine dysfunction is not the main cause of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

28 Oct 2013

Research suggests that the main cause of the disorder may lie instead in structural differences in the grey matter in the brain.

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