Myomancy ADHD, Dyslexia and Autism

A study on Robomemo which Myomancy covered a few months ago (Memory Training Aids ADHD) has been covered in Scientific American. The article, Training the Brain – Cognitive therapy as an alternative to ADHD drugs, has little new to say about the software but does mention the Multimodal Treatment Study. This study has published results after 14 months (A 14-Month Randomized Clinical Trial of Treatment Strategies for Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder) and concluded that a well designed drug treatment program was the best approach to ADHD treatment. However the Scientific American article has this to say: “Unpublished data from the Multimodal Treatment Study … show that after two years, kids treated with behavioral therapy only (parent training, school intervention and a special summer camp program) functioned just as well as kids on high-dose medication, says lead researcher William Pelham of the University at Buffalo“. Suggesting that over the long-term, 2+ years, training ADHD sufferers to think and behave differently is as effective as giving medication.
The National Institute of Mental Health has a FAQ on the Multimodal Treatment Study.
(Thanks Intelligence Insights).