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IMAGE: Platform video games, like this one with a jumping raccoon, can be used to help diagnose ADHD. view more
Credit: UC3M
Adapting a traditional endless runner video game and using a raccoon as the protagonist, researchers from the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) and the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM, in its Spanish acronym), among other institutions, have developed a platform that allows the identification and evaluation of the degree of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children and adolescents.
ADHD is a neurodevelopmental disorder with an estimated prevalence of 7.2% in children and adolescents, according to the latest evaluations. It is clinically diagnosed, and this diagnosis is based on the judgement of health care professionals using the patient s medical history, often supported by scales completed by caregivers and/or teachers. No diagnostic tests have been developed for ADHD to date. In a paper recently published in