Psychological Group Treatment in Adults With Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Development of a Short Cognitive -Behavioral Program
Psychological Group Treatment in Adults With Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Development of a Short Cognitive -Behavioral Program
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder that begins in childhood and can persist throughout adolescence and adulthood. ADHD affects persistently about 5% of children and adolescents and about 2.5% of adults worldwide. The cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) has proven to be effective in significantly reducing ADHD-symptoms, maintaining the effects during follow-up.
The aim of this study is to develop and validate a psychological treatment program for adult ADHD-patients consisting of six sessions based on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and to study the effectiveness of the developed program in short and long term.
A total of 90 patients will be randomized to two treatment groups (1:1). One group will receive 12 sessions of CBT and the other group six sessions of brief CBT.
It is expected that the short-term effectiveness of a CBT psychological treatment program of six group sessions will be the same as the response to the CBT psychological treatment program of twelve group sessions in adult ADHD-patients with stable drug treatment.
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