[HN Gopher] The video game prescribed by doctors to treat ADHD
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       The video game prescribed by doctors to treat ADHD
        
       Author : pmoriarty
       Score  : 10 points
       Date   : 2022-07-11 21:16 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.bbc.co.uk)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.bbc.co.uk)
        
       | ebb_earl_co wrote:
       | I first heard about this when Sam Harris interviewed Adam
       | Gazzaley[0] who is a co-founder of the company producing this
       | game. I was thoroughly impressed by him, especially because of
       | how novel this treatment idea is.
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       | 0: https://www.samharris.org/podcasts/making-sense-
       | episodes/226...
        
       | dt2m wrote:
       | "Treat" is the wrong operative word here. There is no cure or
       | treatment for ADHD, but there are definitely non-pharmaceutical
       | strategies, which combined with education and therapy, can help
       | mitigate symptoms.
       | 
       | I'm sure the app works great to help educate children with focus
       | issues in school, but it's very unlikely it will do anything to
       | help with the remaining executive dysfunction problems which will
       | become very apparent once they reach adulthood.
        
         | Pulcinella wrote:
         | Is there some reason you don't consider methylphenidate,
         | dextroamphetamine, etc. to be treatments?
        
           | dt2m wrote:
           | Never said I don't consider them treatments, I absolutely do
           | and feel like they're the most effective solution. Only
           | talking about non-drug solutions as the article specifically
           | mentions it as an alternative to medicine.
           | 
           | Having said that, it is foolish to believe you can take drugs
           | which are analogous to speed and believe there won't be any
           | side effects. Whether or not these side effects are worth it
           | will be up to the individual.
        
             | birdyrooster wrote:
             | There really aren't any side effects for me, but YMMV.
        
         | thecassandrist wrote:
         | It's a treatment, ADHD has several pharmas it also uses to
         | treat the condition, and counselling and other therapies.
         | 
         | To treat is the correct word.
        
           | dt2m wrote:
           | Right, I might have been misconstruing the usage of the word.
           | I'm just very sad of the quite common belief amongst
           | neurotypical people that ADHD can be "cured" or treated with
           | these "one simple trick" type of solutions.
           | 
           | Especially as the article in question only considers
           | treatment of focus issues, when ADHD in actuality presents
           | itself as a broad spectrum of difficulties that reach far
           | deeper than simple focus issues in school.
        
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