The treatment with Play Attention significantly normalized the QEEG, inattention in test situations, and behavior in a boy with attention deficit and hiperactivity disorder

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2023-02-28

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Téllez-Villagra, C. (2023). The treatment with Play Attention significantly normalized the QEEG, inattention in test situations, and behavior in a boy with attention deficit and hiperactivity disorder. Revista De Psiquiatría Infanto-Juvenil, 40(1), 35–42. https://doi.org/10.31766/revpsij.v40n1a5

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Vol. 40 No. 1 (2023): Enero-Marzo

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Play-Attention, hyperactive/impulsive ADHD, attention to movement, QEEG, RT/B

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Introduction: The human being attends to external and internal stimuli, thoughts, emotions, and performance or inhibition of movement by activating neural networks, the dysfunction of which is manifested in several domains: electrophysiological, QEEG, test situation (visual, auditory, semantic), and natural behavior. In neurodevelopmental disorders of multifactorial etiology, such as Attention-Deficit-Hyperactivity (ADHD), with cardinal symptoms of inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity, the assessment of the three domains allows the provision of appropriate treatment. Objective: to illustrate in a child with ADHD the remission of inattention symptoms, in three domains, after the use of Play Attention and cognitive behavioral therapy. Case: 7.58 year old child of separated parents, in 2nd grade of primary school, intelligent quotient: 110, with predominantly hyperactive-impulsive ADHD, behavior disorder due to peers and authorities assault, who suffers from asthma, school aggression by peers and physical punishment at home as a disciplinary measure; with distorted thoughts of “failure, injustice and being a loser.” Results: QEEG with increased PA in the delta and theta bands and a frequency of 5 Hz in all areas except the occipital; the decrease of beta 3, high beta and frequency of 21 Hz in left Fronto-temporal-occipital; increased RT/B and to a lesser extent RT/A, alertness, and reactivity index; visual-attention-to-movement-inhibition; self-regulation-of-semantic-attention; aggression and distorted thoughts were significantly normalized after 40 sessions of 50 minutes every 15 days for 20 months of Play Attention and cognitive behavioral therapy. Hyperactivity as inattention to movement inhibition could be distinguished from motor behavior that was within normal limits. The treatment with Play Attention and cognitive behavioral therapy showed remission of ADHD symptoms in the QEEG, in test situations, and in natural behavior.

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