Brain training with medication for ADHD and addiction

This trial is testing whether adding computer-based brain training exercises to methylphenidate treatment can better help adults who have both ADHD and addiction disorders. The brain training focuses on areas commonly affected by ADHD—like attention, memory, and self-control—through 30–45 minute computer sessions. The study aims to see if this combined approach produces lasting improvements in how people function in everyday life.

Adults with both ADHD and addiction often struggle because their brain's executive functions are affected by both conditions. While medication and talk therapy help, researchers believe that targeted brain training exercises could fill a gap by directly strengthening the thinking skills that are most impaired—and that no one has thoroughly tested this approach in adults with this specific combination of diagnoses.