Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Adult ADHD: Targeting Executive Dysfunction

Cognitive behavioral therapy for adolescents with ADHD.

Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) often persists into adolescence and has the same functional impairments as were present during childhood. Medications lessen ADHD symptoms yet do not reliably affect functioning. Thus, there exists a great need for psychosocial treatments in adolescents with ADHD. Nonetheless, relative to the vast literature that has been reported on children with...

Meta-analysis of cognitive-behavioral treatments for adult ADHD.

OBJECTIVE We conducted a meta-analysis of cognitive-behavioral treatment (CBT) studies for adult attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), examining effects versus control and effects pre-to-post treatment to maximize the clinical and research utility of findings from this growing literature. METHOD Eligible studies tested adults meeting criteria for Diagnostic and Statistical Manual o...

ADHD as an executive dysfunction.

Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder [ADHD] is a neuropsychiatric disorder characterized by inattention, hyperactivity and impulsivity that affects from 3-5% of school-aged children. In some cases it may persist into adulthood. Prominent theories about ADHD suggest that inattention, hyperactivity and impulsivity may be due to underlying deficits of the components of attention, including ale...

Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Adult ADHD: A Randomized Clinical Trial in China.

OBJECTIVE Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) is effective for adult ADHD, and booster sessions may improve long-term outcome. This study was designed to investigate the effects of group CBT and its booster sessions for Chinese adult patients with ADHD. METHOD There were CBT only group ( n = 43), CBT +booster group ( n = 43), and control group with patients on the waiting list ( n = 22). The p...

Cognitive-Behavioral Therapies for ADHD