subject: Treatments For ADHD - Beware Of New Unproven Treatments And Choose Tried And Tested Ones [print this page] Treatments For ADHD - Beware Of New Unproven Treatments And Choose Tried And Tested Ones
Did you know that a new diagnostic tool for ADHD is approved by the FDA? It is based on a child's response or three critical areas of ADHD such as hyperactivity, impulsivity and attention span. A child is fixed up with electrodes and has to respond to geometric patterns on the screen. The device is supposed to measure how the child reacts. It is called the Quotient System and can be used in conjunction with all the other data that we need to make a proper ADHD diagnosis. That sounds promising but a quick and complete fifteen minute test like that is a long way off before we can use it for deciding on treatments for ADHD.
There is a claim now in some circles that ADHD can be treated by using travel sickness medications and some Vitamins. The advocates claim that there is a connection between middle ear dysfunction and ADHD but there actually is no scientific evidence to support that. The supporters of these types of unproven treatments for ADHD have not published their findings. This is typical of unproven methods where little or nothing has been published and where the usual scientific verification has not been forthcoming.
Neurofeedback or EEG biofeedback is becoming popular as one of the new treatments for ADHD. This works on the principle that children are able to increase focus and attention by monitoring their brain wave activity. That is usually by means of a computer using a video or car racing game on the screen. There can be as many as eighty treatment sessions, each lasting about forty-five minutes.
Although this sounds promising, I am afraid that the results published initially were actually flawed. We are still waiting on the NIMH project results using federal funds on this type of treatment. Up to now, though, it is one of the unproven treatments for ADHD, in my view.
At the University of Buffalo's Center for Children and Families, extensive research has taken place on what could possibly be the best way to treat ADHD. Here, analysis and research is carried out to the highest academic and scientific standards so we can trust their findings. The center is led by Dr. William Pelham, a world renowned ADHD expert.
Dr. Pelham's research shows unequivocally that the effects of ADHD medications using psycho-stimulants tend to wear off after three years. His work also demonstrates that the only effective way to treat ADHD is by means of child behavior modification techniques with some help from medication or maybe none at all.
As regards alternatives to medications, parents are now trying with great success homeopathic remedies which can keep a child calm and focused without any of the trauma of the conventional medications. If you would like to know more about these remedies and child behavior modification, why not click through to my site below.
