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It seems like the perfect solution doesn’t it? An effective therapy for children with ADHD that doesn’t involve drugs.
Well, according to a randomised controlled trial just published in The Lancet, US researchers may have made an important step towards finding just that.
The study, involving almost 350 children 8-12 years old with formally diagnosed ADHD, found that a specific novel digital therapeutic (otherwise known as AKL-T01, a specially developed computer game) significantly increased attentional functioning.
Kollins SK, DeLoss DJ, Cañadas E, Lutz J, Findling RL, Keefe RSE, et al. A novel digital intervention for actively reducing severity of paediatric ADHD (STARS-ADHD): a randomised controlled trial. Lancet. 2020 Feb 24. DOI: 10.1016/S2589-7500(20)30017-0 (Epub ahead of print)
Catalá-López F, Hutton B. Digital health interventions for children with ADHD. Lancet. 2020 Feb 24. DOI: 10.1016/S2589-7500(20)30058-3 (Epub ahead of print)
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