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Post by Mayleng on Mar 10, 2015 7:55:53 GMT -5
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Post by healthy11 on Mar 10, 2015 9:52:02 GMT -5
Interesting...The site doesn't claim it's a "stand alone" test, but it says: "NEBA is the first biological test cleared by the FDA to help clinicians evaluate ADHD. The FDA says this new test may help clinicians reach greater certainty. Clinicians perform NEBA in their office in about 15 – 20 minutes. In regular evaluations, clinicians identify ADHD symptoms using interviews, questionnaires, and rating scales. After a NEBA clinician identifies ADHD symptoms, they add an extra step. They use NEBA. Your clinician uses the report to help answer the question: Is it ADHD, or something else?" According to www.medscape.com/viewarticle/807869"The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the first brain-wave test to help diagnose attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children and adolescents aged 6 to 17 years....The testing device is called the Neuropsychiatric EEG-Based Assessment Aid (NEBA) System. The noninvasive test, based on electroencephalogram technology, computes the ratio of theta and beta brain waves in 15 to 20 minutes. Children and adolescents with ADHD have a higher theta-beta ratio than those who do not have the disorder." |
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Post by kewpie on Mar 17, 2015 15:11:20 GMT -5
I wonder if this can separate Executive Functioning deficits from ADHD. It is EF that causes way more problems than ADHD.
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Post by healthy11 on Mar 17, 2015 16:48:20 GMT -5
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Post by healthy11 on Mar 19, 2017 14:57:21 GMT -5
On a related note, here's an article that points out many conditions that can mimic or look like ADHD, but are actually something else: www.cheatsheet.com/health-fitness/conditions-with-symptoms-that-mimic-adhd.html/?ref=YF&yptr=yahoo It would be great if some of the testing mentioned earlier could actually distinguish between ADHD and the other conditions, like depression, bipolar, sleep disorders, anxiety, sensory processing disorder, auditory processing disorder, Asperger's, OCD, epilepsy, thyroid issues, etc. (FYI, the above article does have some links to resources for helping with these other conditions.) |
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Post by dw on Apr 16, 2017 13:44:19 GMT -5
I think the brain imaging studies are getting closer to standardizing common findings in ADHD. I just read an abstract on Pubmed.gov that showed an 83% correlation of certain brain structures in young adults with ADHD, on MRI. So, maybe in a few years...ADHD will be dx by MRI.
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