The course of school adaptation in children with syndrome of attention deficiency with hyperactivity against the background of the use of Mexidol

Authors:
I.S. Potapova, N.V. Khrina, M.V. Protopopova

Place of publication:
Bulletin of experimental biology and medicine, 2006, Appendix 1

Summary:
the study is devoted to the assessment of the effectiveness of Mexidol in the correction of school adaptation of children with the syndrome of attention deficit with hyperactivity. School adaptation was evaluated according to the developed methodology (before and after treatment with Mexidol). 20 patients received complex treatment with the use of Mexidol (experimental group) and 23 patients without Mexidol (control group). Improving school adaptation was noted in 74% of patients of the experimental group and in 12% of patients of the control group.

Key words: attention deficit syndrome with hyperactivity, psychological correction, adaptation, Mexidol.