Psychological Group Treatment in Adults With Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Development of a Short Cognitive -Behavioral Program

Catalan Institute of Health

Status

Completed

Conditions

ADHD

Treatments

Behavioral: cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT04588181

PR(AE)249/2016

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Enrollment

90 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18 to 55 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

patient with ADHD
ADHD rating scale>=24
CGI> 3
stable pharmacological treatment

Exclusion criteria

IQ<85
Bipolar Dissorder, Schizophrenia, Psicotic Disorders, Substance Abuse Disorder, Personality Disorders
Suicidity Ideation
Serious Organic desease
Participate in other Psychological Treatment during the study