ADHD @ high schools: Clear mismatch between the Evidence and the Practice

By SharpBrains | November 3, 2014

— Study: High School­ers with ADHD Receiv­ing Few Evi­­dence-Based Sup­ports (Edu­ca­tion Week): “A lit­tle over half of high school stu­dents with atten­tion deficit hyper­ac­tiv­i­ty dis­or­der are receiv­ing some kind of ser­vices from their schools, such as addi­tion­al time on tests or extend­ed time to com­plete home­work assign­ments, a recent study finds. But those par­tic­u­lar sup­ports have…

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Use and misuse of ADHD drugs and nootropics among teenagers and toddlers

By SharpBrains | May 19, 2014

Rital­in may pose brain risks for young peo­ple with­out ADHD, study shows (Fox News): “Smart” drugs, like Rital­in, also known as nootrop­ics, are known to increase a person’s atten­tion span, mem­o­ry and abil­i­ty to stay alert. As a result, they have become increas­ing­ly abused by stu­dents seek­ing an extra edge in their stud­ies. Accord­ing to a…

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Study: Neurofeedback brain training can complement ADHD stimulant medications

By SharpBrains | February 17, 2014

School-based brain train­ing shown to alle­vi­ate ADHD (The Boston Globe): “With more than one in 10 chil­dren diag­nosed with atten­tion deficit hyper­ac­tiv­i­ty dis­or­der, par­ents and doc­tors alike have been eager to find alter­na­tives to pre­scrip­tion stim­u­lant med­ica­tions like Rital­in or Adder­all. Some of these options include 

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