Pediatria pre prax 3/2013

The significant role of omega-3 fatty acids in ADHD treatment

Pediatrician is the first physician who can diagnose ADHD and who can suggest the right therapeutic strategy to the parents. Nowadays there are clinical evidences that without an early ADHD diagnosis and treatment these patients get lifelong stigmatization, they fail in social life and at work. The use of modern therapy in ADHD means psychopharmacological medications, psychotherapeutic intervention and behavioral management. According to the evidence based medicine omega-3 fatty acids offer an alternative approach, how to amend the changed psychic functions in ADHD and subsequently to improve cognitive performance and social life of the child.

Keywords: omega-3 fatty acids, ADHD.