چکیده (انگلیسی):

The diagnosis of attention deficit hyperactivity disorders (ADHD) has been increasing at an alarming rate, paralleled by the
prescription of highly effective psychostimulants whose developmental effects on growing brains remain inadequately characterized.
One reason for the increasing incidence of ADHD may be the diminishing availability of opportunities for pre-school
children to engage in natural self-generated social play. Pre-clinical work indicates that play can facilitate behavioral inhibition
in growing animals, while psychostimulants reduce playfulness. The idea that intensive social play interventions, throughout
early childhood, may alleviate ADHD symptoms remains to be evaluated. As an alternative to the use of play-reducing
psychostimulants, society could establish play “sanctuaries” for at-risk children in order to facilitate frontal lobe maturation
and the healthy development of pro-social minds.