Tracking Health and Wellness Applications of Brain Science

attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

Large study with twins highlights the limited role of genetics in mental health and the importance of effective early interventions for ADHD

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Mul­ti­ple stud­ies have indi­cat­ed that, on aver­age, youth with ADHD have poor­er out­comes in young adult­hood in mul­ti­ple areas com­pared to their unaf­fect­ed peers.

A lim­i­ta­tion of these stud­ies, how­ev­er, is that they have not typ­i­cal­ly dis­tin­guished between indi­vid­u­als whose ADHD per­sists into adult­hood from those where the con­di­tion remits. [Read more…] about Large study with twins high­lights the lim­it­ed role of genet­ics in men­tal health and the impor­tance of effec­tive ear­ly inter­ven­tions for ADHD

Think twice before taking Aderall for cognitive enhancement: It may actually impair working memory and other cognitive abilities

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ADHD drugs do not improve cog­ni­tion in healthy col­lege stu­dents (Sci­enceDai­ly):

“Con­trary to pop­u­lar belief across col­lege cam­pus­es, atten­tion deficit hyper­ac­tiv­i­ty dis­or­der (ADHD) med­ica­tions may fail to improve cog­ni­tion in healthy stu­dents and actu­al­ly can impair func­tion­ing, accord­ing to a study by researchers at the Uni­ver­si­ty of Rhode Island and Brown Uni­ver­si­ty. [Read more…] about Think twice before tak­ing Ader­all for cog­ni­tive enhance­ment: It may actu­al­ly impair work­ing mem­o­ry and oth­er cog­ni­tive abilities

Brain training franchisor LearningRx settles FTC complaint about its marketing claims

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BrainTraining_learningRxLearn­ingRx To Pay $200K For Alleged­ly Unproven Claims That Brain Train­ing Can Improve Income, Treat Autism & ADHD (Con­sumerist):

“The com­pa­ny behind the Learn­ingRX “brain train­ing” pro­gram has agreed to pay a $200,000 set­tle­ment and to stop mak­ing claims that its sys­tem is clin­i­cal­ly proven to treat seri­ous health con­di­tions, or that it can [Read more…] about Brain train­ing fran­chisor Learn­ingRx set­tles FTC com­plaint about its mar­ket­ing claims

Large multi-center study to test videogame-like digital therapy as (potentially) FDA-cleared ADHD treatment

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evo_akiliAkili Labs recruits for ADHD tri­al with ambi­tions of FDA clear­ance for dig­i­tal med­i­cine (Med­C­i­ty News)

“Akili Labs has kicked off open enroll­ment for a clin­i­cal tri­al of its Project EVO video game plat­form in a quest to secure for 510(k) clear­ance from the U.S. Food and Drug Admin­is­tra­tion for its lead indi­ca­tion [Read more…] about Large mul­ti-cen­ter study to test videogame-like dig­i­tal ther­a­py as (poten­tial­ly) FDA-cleared ADHD treatment

Challenging status quo: Why shouldn’t behavioral therapy, instead of medication, be first-line treatment for ADHD?

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— Par­tic­i­pants at a social skills train­ing camp. Source: Flori­da Inter­na­tion­al University

Behav­ioral Ther­a­py First for ADHD Treat­ment? (Web­MD):

“Behav­ioral ther­a­py should be used before med­ica­tion in treat­ing chil­dren with atten­tion-deficit hyper­ac­tiv­i­ty dis­or­der (ADHD), accord­ing to new research. [Read more…] about Chal­leng­ing sta­tus quo: Why shouldn’t behav­ioral ther­a­py, instead of med­ica­tion, be first-line treat­ment for ADHD?

Akili Interactive Labs raises $30.5 million to develop FDA-approved brain training videogame for ADHD

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Videogame Mak­er Seeks to Treat ADHD (The Wall Street Journal):

“Doc­tors don’t usu­al­ly pre­scribe videogame play. But one com­pa­ny, which has just raised $30.5 mil­lion from ven­ture-cap­i­tal investors, hopes to change that.

Boston-based Akili Inter­ac­tive Labs Inc. is devel­op­ing a videogame it believes could replace pills as a treat­ment for atten­tion-deficit hyper­ac­tiv­i­ty dis­or­der. [Read more…] about Akili Inter­ac­tive Labs rais­es $30.5 mil­lion to devel­op FDA-approved brain train­ing videogame for ADHD