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Filter by:The main purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a parenting enhancement training (PET) for parents with children diagnosed with Attention Deficit-/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) who are already medicated with methylphenidate.
The overall objective of the current study is to determine whether computerized Working Memory (WM) training will enhance WM capacity in college students with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). There are also four additional objectives. The first is to investigate whether the program's efficacy is impacted by the duration of the daily training sessions. The second is to determine whether improvements in WM will generalize to secondary outcome tasks, such as inhibitory control and planning. The third objective is to examine whether WM training will also ameliorate ADHD symptoms of inattention and hyperactivity. The last objective is to investigate whether improvements will be maintained at a two month follow-up period. The investigators will also be assessing healthy control participants,who will not be receiving treatment, but will be used as a basis of comparison with the ADHD participants, It is expected that the computerized WM training program will enhance WM capacity in college students with ADHD. In addition, it is believed that these increases in WM capacity will also lead to improvements in other executive functions. It is also hypothesized that WM training will lead to a reduction in ADHD symptomology. Lastly, these improvements should be maintained at three month follow-up.
The safety and efficacy of a chewable formulation of extended-release methylphenidate will be studied in children with ADHD
Previous studies using transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) with paired pulse protocols have shown that a conditioning TMS pulse applied to the human motor cortex changes the excitability of motor pathways from the motor cortex to spinal motorneurons. These effects depended on the stimulus intensity of both conditioning and test pulse and also the ISI). A characteristical sequence of inhibition (short interval cortical inhibition [SICI], GABA-Aerg), facilitation (intracortical facilitation [ICF]), and inhibition again (long interval cortical inhibition [LICI], GABA-Berg) is thought to be physiologically involved in motor control. Previous studies have also shown that neuronal inhibitory motor circuits are also disturbed in ADHD which will be restored by using methylphenidate. In this study the investigators sought to investigate if methamphetamine abuse (from the same chemical class of medications) will alter such effects of methylphenidate.
The main purpose of this study is to evaluate changes in brain functioning using an MRI machine following mindfulness meditation training.
The purpose of this observational study is to explore the efficacy of methylphenidate hydrochloride in children and adolescents diagnosed with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) by Kiddie-scheduled for affective disorders (SADS)-present and life time version (K-SADS-PL).
- ADHD is one of the most common psychiatric disorders. - While most of the attention is directed towards youth, 60% continue to suffer symptoms into adult life. - Current treatment is effective, but 30% suffer side effects that lowers QOL, and 20% are non-responders. - Known mechanism of pathophysiology includes hypoactive dopaminergic system, especially at right PFC. - It is this study hypothesis that by stimulating the right PFC by TMS, it will be possible to alleviate ADHD symptoms. - A 10 sessions of treatment will by applied on a randomly allocated group of patients, diagnosed with ADHD, in a 2:1 ratio: The first group will receive an actual TMS treatment, and the second group will receive a sham treatment. - Improvement of objective and subjective ADHD scale will be examined.
Non-interventional study to gain further information about the therapy progression in routine treatment of adults with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Main focus will be on the improvement of the clinical global impression (CGI) in comparison to the outcome of randomized, controlled studies.
Even in the absence of a preliminary diagnosis of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, symptoms of attention deficit, hyperactivity and cognitive impairment are common in cocaine addicts. Several factors indicate that repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation might be a strategy to aid in the treatment of symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and cognitive function in cocaine addicts. However, up to current days there have been no studies evaluating the effects of Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) on neurocognitive performance of individuals suffering from the ADHD.
This study examines the efficacy of two computer-based attention training systems, one with and one without neurofeedback. The training systems intend to help children learn to focus and attend more effectively.