Meditation cuts ADHD symptoms in kids

Times of India    Translate This Article
10 January 2009

On 10 January 2009 Times of India reported: A recent study of middle school students showed that the practice of the Transcendental Meditation Programme significantly improved symptoms of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). It is a joy for Global Good News service to feature this news, which indicates the success of the life-supporting programmes Maharishi has designed to bring fulfilment to the field of health.

The students participating in the George Washington University study practised Transcendental Meditation for 10 minutes twice each day as part of their school day.

After the programme started, their teachers reported that the students were learning more easily. At the end of three months the students' level of anxiety and stress was reduced by 50 per cent and they 'showed improvements in attention, working memory, organization, and behaviour regulation', lead researcher Sarina J. Grosswald, EdD was quoted as saying.

'Virtually everyone finds it difficult to pay attention, organize themselves and get things done when they're under stress,' clinical neuropsychologist and co-author of the study William Stixrud, PhD, was quoted as saying. 'So it stands to reason that the Transcendental Meditation technique which reduces stress and organizes brain function would reduce ADHD symptoms,' Stixrud explained in the article.

The Times of India reported that while medication can be helpful for some students with ADHD, for other students it is not sufficiently helpful and can produce negative side effects.

Global Good News comment:

For information about Maharishi's seven-point programme to create a healthy, happy, prosperous society, and a peaceful world, please visit: Global Financial Capital of New York.

Every day Global Good News documents the rise of a better quality of life dawning in the world and highlights the need for introducing Natural Law based—Total Knowledge based—programmes to bring the support of Nature to every individual, raise the quality of life of every society, and create a lasting state of world peace.

Translation software is not perfect; however if you would like to try it, you can translate this page using:

(Google) Select a language English to Afrikaans English to Albanian English to Arabic English to Belarusian English to Bulgarian English to Catalan English to Chinese (Simplified) English to Chinese (Traditional) English to Croatian English to Czech English to Danish English to Dutch English to Estonian English to Filipino English to Finnish English to French English to Galician English to German English to Greek English to Hebrew English to Hindi English to Hungarian English to Icelandic English to Indonesian English to Irish English to Italian English to Japanese English to Korean English to Latvian English to Lithuanian English to Macedonian English to Malay English to Maltese English to Norwegian English to Persian English to Polish English to Portuguese English to Romanian English to Russian English to Serbian English to Slovak English to Slovenian English to Spanish English to Swahili English to Swedish English to Thai English to Turkish English to Ukrainian English to Vietnamese English to Welsh English to Yiddish

(Altavista babelfish) Select a languageEnglish to Chinese-simpEnglish to Chinese-tradEnglish to DutchEnglish to PortugueseEnglish to FrenchEnglish to GermanEnglish to GreekEnglish to ItalianEnglish to JapaneseEnglish to KoreanEnglish to RussianEnglish to Spanish