Survey of 2500 families finds what ADHD treatments seem to work/ not work as applied in the real world

Credit: CDC Vital Signs While carefully controlled clinical trials are essential for establishing scientific support for different ADHD treatments, it is also important to examine how parents feel about the treatments they actually select for their child. How parents feel about ADHD treatments they have tried for their child provides an important complement to published clinical trials data, and can also help guide parents’ treatment choices. Results from a survey conducted by ADDitude Magazine of nearly 2500 parents provides helpful data on this question. In this survey, parents were asked about how helpful they had found the treatment strategies they were using currently, or had used in the past. How often are different treatments used? Despite being infrequently recommended by physicians and other clinicians, a wide-range of non-medical treatments were being used by parents. Below are data on 10 different treatment approaches reported by parents in descending order of frequency. The percentages sum to more than 100% because many children were receiving multiple treatments and/or had previously used different treatments. 67% — Prescription medication 37% — Exercise 36% — Vitamins, minerals, or supplements 29% — Diet/nutrition plan 26% — ADHD coaching/counseling 13% — Mindfulness meditation 10% — Behavior therapy/parent-training classes 5% — Neurofeedback with a clinician 3% — Home-based brain training It is not surprising that medication treatmen...
Source: SharpBrains - Category: Neuroscience Authors: Tags: Attention & ADD/ADHD AD/HD-treatments ADHD coaching alternative ADHD treatments behavior-therapy brain training cognitive-abilities diet exercise medication mindfulness-meditation minerals Neurofeedback parents prescription p Source Type: blogs