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, Netherlands

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

³ Serious Games Institute, Coventry University, Coventry, United Kingdom

⁴ Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

⁵ Department of Developmental Psychology, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands

⁶ Cognitive Science Centre Amsterdam, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands

⁷ Department of Psychiatry, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

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

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

¹⁰ Centre ZitStil, Antwerp, Belgium

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

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

¹³ Mondriaan Mental Health Care, Heerlen, Netherlands

¹⁴ Virenze Mental Health Care, Maastricht, Netherlands

*all authors contributed equally