由于过去这些年多动症持续影响欧文的学业表现,凯尔希表示“希望能有一些别的疗法可选择”。
"I could see him struggling to understand why he was not able to focus, and the frustration he had when he tried so hard and would still get distracted," she says. "It broke my heart, but I felt trapped and completely useless."
她说:“我能看出他很想知道自己为什么不能集中注意力,也能明白他努力尝试但仍会分心的那种挫败感。我很心痛,但我感觉自己像是被困住了一样,什么忙也帮不上。”
Help came in the end from what initially seems very incongruous - a computer game called EndeavorRx.
最终,一款起初看似不合时宜的名为EndeavorRx的电子游戏居然帮上了忙。
In 2020 it became the first such game to be approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for use in the treatment of ADHD in children.
EndeavorRx在2020年获得美国食品和要物管理局的批准,成为了第一款用于治疗儿童多动症的电子游戏。
Currently only available on prescription from doctors in the US, EndeavorRx at first glance looks very similar to countless other games. You control a little alien that races on a spaceship through different worlds having to collect things.
EndeavorRx乍看之下与其他无数电子游戏很类似。在这款游戏中,玩家控制一个开飞船穿梭于不同世界的小外星人来收集各种物品。该游戏目前只能通过美国医生开具处方获得。
The EndeavorRx game is only available on prescription (Credit: Akili)