Study: Don’t overlook sleep difficulties in children with ADHD; they may impair functioning as much as ADHD itself

By Dr. David Rabiner | February 10, 2017

—– Prob­lems with sleep are com­mon in chil­dren with ADHD; in fact, past stud­ies indi­cate that sleep prob­lems occur in between 70 and 85%. Because of this, the Amer­i­can Acad­e­my of Pedi­atrics rec­om­mends that sleep dif­fi­cul­ties should be assessed as part of a com­pre­hen­sive ADHD eval­u­a­tion. In some chil­dren, sig­nif­i­cant sleep dif­fi­cul­ties may be an…

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How children’s ADHD symptoms affect parents’ feelings & parenting behavior

By Dr. David Rabiner | June 6, 2016

——- ADHD in chil­dren puts stress on par­ents. In fact, par­ents of chil­dren with ADHD report greater par­ent­ing stress, less sat­is­fac­tion in their par­ent­ing role, and more depres­sive symp­toms than oth­er par­ents. They also report more neg­a­tive inter­ac­tions with their child. This is cer­tain­ly not true in all fam­i­lies where a child has ADHD but…

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Study: EEG-augmented brain training shows promise as first-line treatment for ADHD

By SharpBrains | March 9, 2016

Nov­el Brain Train­ing Game May Reduce Kids’ ADHD Symp­toms (Med­space): “A nov­el cog­ni­tive train­ing com­put­er game that uses a child’s own brain waves to improve con­cen­tra­tion may reduce symp­toms of atten­­tion-deficit/hy­per­ac­­tiv­i­­ty dis­or­der (ADHD), say US researchers. Inves­ti­ga­tors used a nov­el feed-for­ward mod­el­ing (FFM) sys­tem, which…is based on a com­put­er cog­ni­tive train­ing game in which attention…

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New Study Supports Neurofeedback Treatment for ADHD

By Dr. David Rabiner | March 11, 2009 |

Neu­ro­feed­back — also known as EEG Biofeed­back — is an approach for treat­ing ADHD in which indi­vid­u­als are pro­vid­ed real-time feed­back on their brain­wave pat­terns and taught to alter their typ­i­cal EEG pat­tern to one that is con­sis­tent with a focused, atten­tive state.

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