Efficacy of yoga and mindfulness as a potential intervention for children with ADHD: A review study

Pages: 191-196
Neeraj Agarwal (Ex Psychologist, Tulasi Psychiatric and Rehabilitation Centre, Chatarpur, New Delhi)
Parth Sarthi (Sanskriti School, New Delhi)

Yoga and mindfulness are gaining promising empirical support as a potential intervention for ADHD. Considering the growing trend of using these interventions on ADHD individuals and probable positive effects of these interventions on ADHD symptoms, this review paper aims to investigate the effectiveness of these interventions on children and adolescents with ADHD through the review of earlier studies. Though findings suggest Yoga and mindfulness are effective in reducing ADHD symptoms, improving sleep, anxiety, and parent-child relationship, indicating that these treatments can be very economical and effective management tools for ADHD diagnosed children and adolescents and their families, these findings cannot be generalized due to significant methodological limitations. Further extensive, methodologically rigorous research is needed to verify the effectiveness of these modalities on ADHD children