Background The highly effective medications in treating attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms are stimulants like methylphenidate. However, they have adverse effects like reduced appetite. We investigated the effects of folic acid on reduced appetite caused by the use of methylphenidate in children with ADHD. Methods This randomized double-blind clinical trial evaluated 70 ...

Background: Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is associated with a number of comorbidities in pediatrics. However, its association with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has not been reported. The aim of the present study was to investigate the prevalence of ADHD in pediatric patients newly diagnosed with GERD. Materials and Methods: Sixty newly-diagnosed treatment naive GERD...

BACKGROUND Informant discrepancies have been reported between parent and adolescent measures of depressive disorders and suicidality. We aimed to examine the concordance between adolescent and parent ratings of depressive disorder using both clinical interview and questionnaire measures and assess multi-informant and multi-method approaches to classification. METHOD Within the context of asse...

BACKGROUND This study examined the potential feasibility and utility of trigeminal nerve stimulation (TNS) for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in youth. METHODS Twenty-four participants ages 7-14 with ADHD enrolled in an 8-week open trial of TNS administered nightly during sleep, and were assessed weekly with parent- and physician-completed measures of ADHD symptoms and execut...

Purpose: to investigate the status of behavior problems, family parenting styles, and relationship between them in elementary school seniors. Methods: this paper used conners' questionnaire style scale survey 232 seniors rural china, spss21 was for statistical analysis. Conclusions: problems students were significantly correlated with style, which democracy factor negatively while indulgence, d...

The purpose of this study was to assess long chain polyunsaturated fatty acid (LCPUFA) status in relation socio-behavioral outcomes children with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (AD/HD). In a case-control design, plasma phospholipid content assessed aged 5–12 years AD/HD and typically functioning children. Dietary intakes LCPUFAs arachidonic (AA; 20:4n6) docosahexaenoic (DHA; 22:6n3) w...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to present the psychometric properties of a new tool for evaluating affective response to blood glucose monitoring (BGM) in youths with type 1 diabetes and their parents. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS Study participants included 153 youths with type 1 diabetes and their parents. Each youth and parent completed the Blood Glucose Monitoring Communication (BGMC)...

OBJECTIVE To assess whether sleep-disordered breathing (SDB), ranging from primary snoring to obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), is associated with increased behavioral morbidity. METHODS A cross-sectional study was conducted of school-aged children in an urban, community-based cohort, stratified for term or preterm (<37 weeks' gestation) birth status. A total of 829 children, 8 to 11 years old (...