If you have a student who’s been diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), you probably notice that they get bored with routine more easily than other kids. In fact, I’m surprised that this dislike of boredom is not written into the diagnostic criteria for these kids. But what I want to talk to you about is the half-glass full approach to this topic. While they get bored more easily, they are also more captivated by things that are new and interesting

It doesn’t matter how much money, fame or success you have — no one’s immune from depression, Just ask Lionel Richie. The five-time Grammy winning singer and songwriter speaks candidly on the U.K.’s Lorraine TV show about how he struggled in the years following the death of his father, Lionel Richie Sr., in 1990. “My father was ill and I went through a very — I won’t say a depression, a massive depression, because, you know, my dad was my hero,” Richie said. Never mind that

Reward centers in the brains of children and teenagers who are obese and depressed show abnormalities that suggest the two conditions are neurologically connected, Stanford researchers have found. Early-life obesity and depression may be driven by shared abnormalities in brain regions that process rewards, according to researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine. Their findings, which were published online April 23 in Hormones and Behavior, are based on brain MR