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Rapid response to:

Practice Therapeutics

Stimulant medication to treat attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder

BMJ 2017; 358 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.j2945 (Published 14 July 2017) Cite this as: BMJ 2017;358:j2945

Rapid Response:

Management and treatment of hyperactivity and ADHD, without stimulant medication

Hyperactive syndrome and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) treatment, from the perspective of the psychological method of Maria Summer, developed in Rankweil/Austria, (Angewandte Logopaedie).
This method is for quick and effective treatment of disorders of speech, voice, breathing and learning, in approximately 60 sessions, without any medication.
Breathing, posture, myokinetic exercises, relaxation, are alternated in order to educate and cure the child.
Thousands of German and Austrian children were definitively treated this way, in the last 5 decades, after completing sessions during Summer camps.
Reference
http://www.bmj.com/content/347/bmj.f6172/rr/688171

Competing interests: No competing interests

15 July 2017
Stavros Saripanidis
Consultant in Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Kalamaria, Thessaloniki, Greece