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WCBV TV
Boston, December 31, 2008
Transcendental meditation may be an effective way to treat ADHD
symptoms without using medication, according to a new study
published in the journal Current Issues in Education.
The pilot study followed a group of middle school students with
ADHD who were meditating twice a day in school. After three
months, researchers found over 50 percent reduction in stress
and anxiety and improvements in ADHD symptoms.
The effect of the meditation was much greater than researchers
expected, said Sarina J. Grosswald, the lead researcher on the
study. The children also showed improvements in attention,
working memory, organization, and behavior regulation, she said.
The study was conducted in a private K-12 school for children
with language-based learning disabilities. Ten students ages
11-14 with diagnosed cases of ADHD took part. About half of them
were on medication.
The students were taught the meditation technique and they
meditated at school in a group for 10 minutes, morning and
afternoon.
To measure the effectiveness of the meditation, parents,
teachers and students completed standard ADHD assessment after
three months that measured stress and anxiety, behavior and
social competency, and functional abilities.
Read the full study in the journal Current Issues in Education,
published out of the University of Arizona.
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