The number of children between the ages of 2 and 5 that have been diagnosed with bipolar disorder and are prescribed powerful antipsychotic drugs has doubled over the past decade.

By GARDINER HARRIS By Gardiner Harris and Benedict Carey The New York Times A world-renowned Harvard child psychiatrist whose work helped fuel an explosion in the use of powerful anti-psychotic medicines in children earned $1.6 million in consulting fees from drugmakers from 2000 to 2007.

LANDOVER, Md., Oct. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (AD/HD) is a mental health issue that has been popularized over the last 20 years, trivialized on such shows as "Desperate Housewives" and criticized by anti-mental health groups.

LAS VEGAS, Nov. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- A study presented today demonstrated that adults with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) experienced significant long-term ADHD symptom control when treated with once-daily ADDERALL XR(R) (mixed salts of a single-entity amphetamine product).

By Steven Reinberg, HealthDay ReporterHealthDayNews -- While attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is widely perceived as a children's disorder, many adults struggle with it, too.It costs adult sufferers billions of dollars each year in lost wages and in the inability to hold steady jobs, making it one of the nation's more costly health problems -- more so than depression or alcohol or drug abuse.Those startling statistics were presented Thursday at an American Medical Association press briefing on ADHD that was held in New York City.An estimated 3 percent to 5 percent of U.S.