ADHD Study Finds Long-Term Use of Stimulant Medications Suppresses Height and Doesn't Reduce ADHD Symptoms
LearningRx personal brain training improved attention by 24 points
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., October 4, 2017 (Newswire.com) - A long-term study published in The Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry found that extended use of stimulant medication was linked to suppressed adult height but did not reduce symptoms of ADHD.
Tanya Mitchell, Chief Research and Development Officer for LearningRx (www.LearningRx.com), the world’s largest personal brain training company, says that parents who are concerned about their child’s ADHD may want to consider one-on-one brain training to target and train attention and other clusters of weak cognitive skills associated with ADHD.
October is National ADHD Month and we have vital information for people with ADHD seeking help to improve their skills.
Tanya Mitchell, Chief Research and Development Officer
“About 30 percent of our clients were diagnosed with ADHD before coming to us,” says Mitchell. “Most of those students, in addition to weak broad attention skills, had weak long-term memory, processing speed, and working memory.”
Mitchell explains that over a six-year period, 5,416 children and adults came to LearningRx with the diagnosis of ADHD. “We measured the cognitive performance of these clients before and after brain training, and the largest gains were seen in IQ, auditory processing, long-term memory and broad attention. After LearningRx brain training, IQ scores improved by an average of 15 standard points, and broad attention skills improved an average of 24 percentile points.”
The full results can be found on page 25 of LearningRx’s 48-page 2016 edition of “Client Outcomes and Research Results.” http://www.learningrx.com/our-programs/learningrx-results.
Parents who are concerned that their child may have a cognitive skills weaknesses can take a free online survey at http://lsds.learningrx.com
About LearningRx
LearningRx, headquartered in Colorado Springs, Colorado, is the largest one-on-one brain training organization in the world. With 80 Centers in the U.S., and locations in over 40 countries around the globe under the international license BrainRx, LearningRx has helped more than 100,000 individuals and families sharpen their cognitive skills to help them think faster, learn easier, and perform better. Their on-site programs partner every client with a personal brain trainer to keep clients engaged, accountable, and on-task-a key advantage over online-only brain exercises. Their pioneering methods have been used in clinical settings for over 35 years and have been verified as beneficial in peer-reviewed research papers and journals.
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