Abstract: AD/HD is a controversial phenomenon with no certain etiology. Based on Rudolf Steiner's Curative Course, the disorder is explored with reference to the development of movement. This approach points the way towards new and understandable therapeutic avenues.

Key Words: ADD, ADHD, Etiology, Social Experience, Movement, Cultivation of the Senses, Anthroposophical Study

By: Georg Soldner; H. Michael Stellmann
Original title: Aufmerksamkeitsdefizitsyndrom mit und ohne Hyperaktivität (ADHS/ADS). Der Merkurstab 2004;57(1):15-35.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.14271/DMS-18413-DE
English by Anna Meuss, FIL, MTA.
This translation is published with the kind permission of the journal Der Merkurstab.

Abstract
The terms “attention disorder” and “hyperactivity” are applicable not only to certain children but also to the social context of Western industrialized societies.  Individual behavior problems are coupled with individual gifts and creative potentials—a fact which must not be overlooked in diagnosis or treatment.  The article provides a differentiated discussion of the therapeutic options offered by anthroposophical medicine and homeopathy in general and of their remedies in particular. These offer an effective curatively-oriented alternative to the use of stimulants (e.g. Ritalin), which are of dubious clinical value as they are purely symptomatic. 

Keywords: Attention deficit disorder, Hyperactivity, ADHD, ADD, Anthroposophical medicine, Rhythmic system, Anthroposophical remedies, Therapeutic eurythmy, Homeopathy, Craniosacral therapy, Stimulants

Citation: Soldner, G., & Stellman, H. M. (2004). Aufmerksamkeitsdefizitsyndrom mit und ohne Hyperaktivität (ADHS/ADS) (A. R. Meuss, Trans.). Der Merkurstab, 57(1), 15–35. https://doi.org/10.14271/DMS-18413-DE [source and date of translation not identified]