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Home › Part B: Responding to comorbidity › B6: Managing and treating specific disorders › Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) › Treating ADHD › Complementary and alternative therapies
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  • Part A: What is comorbidity and why is it important?
  • Part B: Responding to comorbidity
    • B1: Holistic health care
    • B2: Identifying comorbidity
    • B3: Risk assessments
    • B4: Care Coordination
    • B5: Approaches to comorbidity
    • B6: Managing and treating specific disorders
      • Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
        • Clinical presentation
        • Managing ADHD symptoms
        • Treating ADHD
          • Psychotherapy
          • Pharmacotherapy
          • E-health interventions
          • Physical activity
          • Complementary and alternative therapies
          • Summary
        • Psychosis
        • Bipolar disorders
        • Depression
        • Anxiety
        • Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)
        • Trauma and post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
        • Eating disorders (ED)
        • Personality disorders
        • Confusion or disorientation
        • Cognitive impairment
        • Grief and loss
        • Aggressive, angry, or violent behaviour
        • Concluding remarks
      • B7: Worker self-care
    • Part C: Specific population groups
    • Appendices
    • Abbreviations
    • Glossary
    • References
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    Complementary and alternative therapies

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    Dietary supplements

    There has been very little research examining the use of dietary supplements for ADHD. However, two meta-analyses have concluded that omega-3 supplementation is associated with modest ADHD symptom improvement for single disorder ADHD in children and adolescents [518, 519]. These findings have yet to be replicated among adults, and among people with comorbid ADHD and AOD use, but point to potential avenues of future research.

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