MedPage Today (11/30, DePeau-Wilson) reports, “A simulated driving program reduced inattention and risk of crashing among teens with” attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (AD/HD) “compared with conventional driver’s training, according to a small study” of 152 teens “that used a program combining computer-based and driving simulator training.” During the “15-minute simulated drives, teens in the training group had a mean of 16.5 long glances…from the road per drive compared with 28.0 long glances per drive in those who did not undergo the training at 1 month…and 15.7 versus 27.0 long glances, respectively, at 6 months…reported” investigators online in The New England Journal of Medicine. American Psychiatric Association Council on Children, Adolescents, and Their Families Chair Anish Dube, MD, MPH, who was not involved in the study, said, “Any kind of interventions that you have that are reducing or minimizing that risk of adverse events, I think these are steps in the right direction.”
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