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    Lancet Digit Health: Video games are approved as "prescription drugs" that can treat ADHD in children

    • Last Update: 2021-01-12
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    The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently approved a medical certification that has never been done before: approve a video game as a prescription drug, after which doctors can prescribe the game as a drug.
    FDA website screenshots This game, or drug, is called EndeavorRx, the first half of the word Endeavor means "endeavour, hard work", and the suffix Rx is a commonly used short form of the word prescription medicine, said to be from the Latin word Recipe.
    if translated directly into Chinese, it can be called Endeavour Prescription.
    specifically, EndeavorRx is a game like this: "It looks like a more common casual racing game, with players controlling the characters driving their dinghies along the track and eating as much blue aura as possible."
    other videos, there are viral objects that players need to avoid and some map obstacles, such as volcanic maps that spew flames on the track.
    so what disease does EndeavorRx use to treat? According to the FDA, it can improve the attention function of users (players) and is suitable for children between the ages of 8 and 12 with inattmental or combined attention deficit disorder, the adhesive disorder behind the mouth, which is actually ADHD, or, more generally, ADHD.
    ADHD is the most common mental disorder in children, with 5% to 7% of childhood morbidity (also standardly 1% to...). Fishman Jump Source: Game Research Agency Copyright Notice: All text, images and audio and video materials on this website that indicate "Source: Metz Medicine" or "Source: MedSci Original" are owned by Metz Medicine and are not authorized to be reproduced by any media, website or individual, and are authorized to be reproduced with the words "Source: Mets Medicine".
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