In a 2004 study, children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder had fewer symptoms when activities were carried out in a green or natural outdoor setting such as parks, woods, farms, etc., than they did when in outdoor human-built settings or in indoor settings.
Nature, or what in recent years has been referred to as vitamin N, may be one of the answers as treatment for ADHD…
Abstract
Objectives
We examined the impact of relatively “green” or natural settings on attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms across diverse subpopulations of children.
Methods
Parents nationwide rated the aftereffects of 49 common after-school and weekend activities on children’s symptoms. Aftereffects were compared for activities conducted in green outdoor settings versus those conducted in both built outdoor and indoor settings.
Results
In this national, nonprobability sample, green outdoor activities reduced symptoms significantly more than did activities conducted in other settings, even when activities were matched across settings. Findings were consistent across age, gender, and income groups; community types; geographic regions; and diagnoses.
Conclusions
Green outdoor settings appear to reduce ADHD symptoms in children across a wide range of individual, residential, and case characteristics.
Sources and more information
- Vitamin N Deficiency Linked to ADHD, huffingtonpost blog, 11/26/2014 .
- Children With Attention Deficits Concentrate Better After Walk in the Park, Journal of Attention Disorders , vol. 12 no. 5 402-409, March 2009.
- A Potential Natural Treatment for Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: Evidence From a National Study, NCBI PMCID: PMC1448497, 2004 September; 94(9): 1580–1586.
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