Children diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) are often prescribed stimulant medications to help manage the condition. But parents may worry about how these medications might ...

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) impacts the ability to maintain attention to tasks. Often, it also involves impulsive behavior—saying or doing things without stopping to think first—as ...

Nearly half of children receiving treatment for mental health conditions never see a psychiatrist. Primary care providers prescribe more psychiatric drugs to children than psychiatrists, raising ...

Editor's note: Dr. Edith Bracho-Sanchez is a primary care pediatrician, director of pediatric telemedicine and assistant professor of pediatrics at Columbia University Irving Medical Center. Flovent, ...

The study indicates the number of medication errors decreases as children grow older, with 25.2 percent of episodes occurring in children less than one year old. The most common type of medication ...

Dosing directions for kids' medicine is often tricky, leading to O.D.s. Dec. 1, 2010— -- Dosing directions for children's over-the-counter medication are misleading and hard for parents to ...