Dyslexia

Dyslexia is a specific learning difficulty which mainly affects the development of literacy and language related skills (BDA). It has been suggested that up to 10% of the population (or even more)...

Bipolar Disorders

Bipolar disorder, also known as manic-depressive illness, is a brain disorder that causes unusual shifts in mood, energy, activity levels, and the ability to carry out day-to-day tasks. Over half of...

Naltrexone implant may improve outcome of opioid addiction

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Compared with oral naltrexone, a long-acting sustained-release naltrexone implant may improve nonagonist treatment of opioid-addicted adults, new data from Russia sugge...

Naltrexone linked to reduction in pain in fibromyalgia

(HealthDay)—Low-dose naltrexone treatment is associated with significant reductions in pain in patients with fibromyalgia, according to a study published in the February issue of Arthritis & Rheumat...

Gene May Be Tied to Both Smoking and ADHD, Study Suggests

TUESDAY, Oct. 30 (HealthDay News) -- Smoking and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) share a common genetic risk factor, and childhood ADHD may increase the likelihood of smoking later in...

FDA approves Elite supplemental application for naltrexone tablets

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Elite Pharmaceuticals' supplemental application for naltrexone hydrochloride 50 mg tablets.

Children With ADHD Require Long-Term Treatment Well Into Adulthood

The first large, population-based study to follow children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) into adulthood shows that ADHD often doesn't "go away," and that children with ADHD are...

Sustained release naltrexone effective, safe for opioid users

(HealthDay)—Sustained release technologies for administering the opioid antagonist naltrexone (SRX) seem to be effective with an acceptable adverse event profile, according to a review published onl...

Children with ADHD more likely to have other psychiatric disorders as adults

The first large, population-based study to follow children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) into adulthood shows that ADHD often doesn't "go away," and that children with ADHD are...

ADHD Drugs Impact The Brain's Reward System

Two to three percent of children in denmark meet the standards to be diagnosed with ADHD, making it extremely important to understand how ADHD drugs work. Now, University of Copenhagen researchers are...

Meta-analysis of pharmacological therapy with acomprosate, naltrexone, and disulfiram - a systematic review.

The meta-analysis is based on 16 randomized controlled trials of acamprosate, 18 of naltrexone and 7 of disulfiram. Acamprosate and naltrexone were 52% (RR = 1.52; 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.35-1...

Parental ADHD Status and its Association with Proband ADHD Subtype and Severity.

OBJECTIVE: To better understand the familial transmission of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), a highly heritable disorder, the effects of paternal and maternal ADHD status on probands'...

Differential effects of chronic naltrexone treatment on food intake patterns and body weight in rats depend on their food deprivation status.

The aim of the present study was to assess the effect of chronic naltrexone treatment on daily patterns of food intake in food-deprived and free-feeding rats. In experiment 1, Wistar male rats had con...

Executive Functioning Characteristics Associated with ADHD Comorbidity in Adolescents with Disruptive Behavior Disorders.

The nature of executive dysfunction in youth with disruptive behavior disorders (DBD) remains unclear, despite extensive research in samples of children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (...

An Asymmetric Stroop/Reverse-Stroop Interference Phenomenon in ADHD.

Objective: To examine whether participants with ADHD showed a deficit in Stroop/reverse-Stroop interference by comparing them to non-ADHD participants. Method: A group with ADHD, primarily inattentive...