Skills Training for Adolescents With ADHD
| Status: | Completed |
|---|---|
| Conditions: | Neurology, Psychiatric |
| Therapuetic Areas: | Neurology, Psychiatry / Psychology |
| Healthy: | No |
| Age Range: | 14 - 18 |
| Updated: | 8/2/2018 |
| Start Date: | October 2009 |
| End Date: | August 2012 |
Compensatory Executive Functioning Skills Training in Adolescents With ADHD
The proposed study will be an initial test of a cognitive-behavioral intervention for
adolescents with ADHD who are receiving medication treatment. It is based on our successful
work with adults with ADHD who have been treated with medicines but are still having
symptoms. It involves learning skills for organization and planning, attention, and mood.
adolescents with ADHD who are receiving medication treatment. It is based on our successful
work with adults with ADHD who have been treated with medicines but are still having
symptoms. It involves learning skills for organization and planning, attention, and mood.
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a prevalent, distressing, and interfering
condition that affects between 2% and 6% of adolescents. Although medications have been
widely used as an effective treatment for many years as the sole treatment for ADHD, for
many, clinically significant and interfering continued symptoms remain. Even after medication
treatment, adolescents still experience residual ADHD symptoms and continue to have problems
with inattention, concentration, disorganization, and other symptoms. However, research
suggests that adolescents who have received some benefit from medication treatment can then
experience further symptom reduction from participation in skills-based cognitive behavioral
therapy. This study, adapted from a similar research study for adults with ADHD, will examine
whether cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) plus medication is more effective at treating ADHD
than medication therapy alone in adolescents with ADHD.
Eligible participants will be randomly assigned to receive twelve weekly treatment sessions
either immediately upon enrolling in the study or after a four-month waiting period.
Questionnaires (that participants complete and ones that are done with an interviewer) will
be used to assess participants' ADHD symptoms at study entry, after receiving the treatment,
and at 4 month follow-up. Parents will have some involvement in therapy.
Note: participants must be able to come to Boston or another study location in the Greater
Boston area for 4 assessment visits and 12 weekly therapy visits in order for participation
to be feasible.
condition that affects between 2% and 6% of adolescents. Although medications have been
widely used as an effective treatment for many years as the sole treatment for ADHD, for
many, clinically significant and interfering continued symptoms remain. Even after medication
treatment, adolescents still experience residual ADHD symptoms and continue to have problems
with inattention, concentration, disorganization, and other symptoms. However, research
suggests that adolescents who have received some benefit from medication treatment can then
experience further symptom reduction from participation in skills-based cognitive behavioral
therapy. This study, adapted from a similar research study for adults with ADHD, will examine
whether cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) plus medication is more effective at treating ADHD
than medication therapy alone in adolescents with ADHD.
Eligible participants will be randomly assigned to receive twelve weekly treatment sessions
either immediately upon enrolling in the study or after a four-month waiting period.
Questionnaires (that participants complete and ones that are done with an interviewer) will
be used to assess participants' ADHD symptoms at study entry, after receiving the treatment,
and at 4 month follow-up. Parents will have some involvement in therapy.
Note: participants must be able to come to Boston or another study location in the Greater
Boston area for 4 assessment visits and 12 weekly therapy visits in order for participation
to be feasible.
Inclusion Criteria:
- Between the ages of 14 and 18
- In high school
- Principal Diagnosis of ADHD
- Stable prescription of Medications for ADHD
- ADHD has childhood onset
- Clinically significant ADHD symptoms
Exclusion Criteria:
- Organic Mental Disorders
- Active Substance Abuse or Dependence
- Diagnosis of Conduct Disorder
- Mental Retardation or Pervasive Developmental Disorder
- Active Suicidality
- Previous History of CBT Therapy in adolescence
- Other condition interfering with consent or participation
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