Full title: What to do about attention and memory problems in children with CFS/ME: A neuropsychological approach.
Authors: Tucker P, Haig-Ferguson A, Eaton N, Crawley E.
Source Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Bath, UK.
Publication: Clin Child Psychol Psychiatry. 16(2):215-23.
Publication date: 2011 Apr
Abstract
Our recent research has shown that children with chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyopathy (CFS/ME) describe problems with focused attention, sustained attention, recall and stress. Neuropsychological testing demonstrated lower scores for sustained attention, switching attention, divided attention, auditory learning and immediate recall compared to normative data.
This paper describes what is currently known about memory and attention problems in children with CFS/ME and suggests a variety of strategies that could be used to overcome these difficulties.
PMID: 21571764 [PubMed - in process]
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