Efficacy of yoga and mindfulness as a potential intervention for children with ADHD: a review study

Neeraj Agarwal, Parth Sarthi

Abstract:

Yoga and mindfulness are gaining promising empirical support as a potential intervention for ADHD. Considering
the growing trend of using these interventions on ADHD individuals and probable positive effects of these
interventions on ADHD symptoms, this review paper aims to investigate the effectiveness of these interventions on
children and adolescents with ADHD through the review of earlier studies. Though findings suggest Yoga and
mindfulness are effective in reducing ADHD symptoms, improving sleep, anxiety, and parent-child relationship,
indicating that these treatments can be very economical and effective management tools for ADHD diagnosed
children and adolescents and their families, these findings cannot be generalized due to significant methodological
limitations. Further extensive, methodologically rigorous research is needed to verify the effectiveness of these
modalities on ADHD children.