Sentences with phrase «prescribed for hyperactivity»

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John Ratey, M.D., associate clinical professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and author of Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain, prescribes exercise for kids with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (and everyone else) because it boosts moods, relieves stress, and improves learning and memory.

Currently, treatments for autism are usually prescribed off - label and focus on helping treat aggression or hyperactivity with medications including Ritalin and antipsychotic medications, not social behavioral symptoms.

Psychostimulant drugs such as Ritalin and Adderall, prescribed to treat attention - deficit hyperactivity disorder, and Aricept, used as a treatment for Alzheimer's disease, have been shown to improve concentration and recall in healthy people, too.

While stimulants like Adderall and Concerta are the most commonly prescribed medications for the treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), they are not always well tolerated.

Drugs like Adderall and Vyvanse are being prescribed in droves to teens, college students and often young children for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD, commonly known as ADD), despite the fact that they are known to be habit forming.

While the members of the Vitamin B complex are the most common vitamins prescribed for supplementation in people diagnosed with ADHD, other vitamins have secondary roles in the development and treatment of this hyperactivity disorder.