Behavioral Outcome Effects of Serious Gaming as an Adjunct to Treatment for Children With Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Kim CM Bul ^{1, 2*}, MSc; Pamela M Kato ^3*, EdM,PhD; Saskia Van der Oord ^{4, 5, 6*}, PhD; Marina Danckaerts ^7*, MD,PhD; Leonie J Vreeke ^{1, 2*}, PhD; Annik Willems ^8*, MSc; Helga JJ van Oers ^9*, PhD; Ria Van Den Heuvel ^10*, MSc; Derk Birnie ^11*, MD; Thérèse AMJ Van Amelsvoort ^{12, 13, 14*}, MD,PhD; Ingmar HA Franken ^2*, PhD; Athanasios Maras ^1*, MD

¹ Yulius Academy , Yulius Mental Health Care Organization, Barendrecht , NL

² Department of Clinical Psychology , Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam , NL

³ Serious Games Institute , Coventry University, Coventry , GB

⁴ Department of Developmental Psychology , University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam , NL

⁵ Cognitive Science Centre Amsterdam , University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam , NL

⁶ Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences , KU Leuven, Leuven , BE

⁷ Department of Psychiatry , KU Leuven, Leuven , BE

⁸ Venture & Incubation Centre , Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Beerse , BE

⁹ Department of Medical Affairs , Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Tilburg , NL

¹⁰ Centre ZitStil , Antwerp , BE

¹¹ Focuz Treatment Centre for Children and Youth , Rotterdam , NL

¹² Department of Psychiatry and Psychology , Maastricht University, Maastricht , NL

¹³ Mondriaan Mental Health Care , Heerlen , NL

¹⁴ Virenze Mental Health Care , Maastricht , NL

*all authors contributed equally

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