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Restoring Balance in ADHD Children

Summary of Benefits of the Transcendental Meditation Program

 
Dysfunctional
Brain and Behavior
  Neuro-Cognitive
Imbalance
  Orderly Brains
Through TM
DSM-IV CRITERIA   MAJOR
SYMPTOMS
  TM PROGRAM BENEFITS
Lack of attention to details
Careless mistakes
Difficulty sustaining attention
Doesn’t listen
Doesn’t follow instructions
Failure to finish homework
Poor organizing skills
Avoids & dislikes mental tasks
Easily distracted
Forgetful
INATTENTION
Increased perception skills (1)
Improved non-verbal intelligence (2)
Improved cognitive functioning (3)
Improved evoked potentials &
cognitive function (4,5)
Improved performance on intelligence tests (6)
Improved cognitive style (7)
Improved productivity (8)
Increased academic achievement (9)
Improved field independence (10)
Increased creativity & intelligence (11)
Fidgets, squirms
Can’t stay seated
High motor activity
Talks excessively
  HYPER-
ACTIVITY
 
Reduced trait anxiety (12)
Increased self-directed orientation (13)
Improved behavioral and autonomic stability (14)
Reduced stress reactivity (15)
Blurts out answers
Impatient
Interrupts
  IMPULSIVITY  
Improved verbal problem-solving (16)
Improved perceptual-motor performance (6)
More thoughtful responding (17)

Arenander & Sheppard, 2000 Brain Research Institute, ISTPP, MUM

References: (14) Alexander, et al., 1993; (3) Aron et al., 1981; (14) Childs, 1974; (6) Cranson, et al., 1991; (16) Dillbeck, 1982; (7) Dillbeck et al., 1986; (12) Eppley et al., 1989; (8) Frew, 1974; (15) Gaylord et al., 1989; (10) Gelderloos et al., 1987; (11) Jedrczak et al., 1985; (2) Jedrczak et al., 1986; (5) Lyubimov, 1994; (9) Nidich et al., 1986; (17) Nidich et al., 1983; (14) Orme-Johnson, 1973; (1) Pelletier, 1974; (13) Schecter, 1978; (4) Wandhofe et al., 1976