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

NCT04588181 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 90

Last updated 2020-10-19

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Summary

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.

Conditions

  • ADHD

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)

Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is a psycho-social intervention that aims to improve mental health. CBT focuses on challenging and changing unhelpful cognitive distortions (e.g. thoughts, beliefs, and attitudes) and behaviors, improving emotional regulation, and the development of personal coping strategies that target solving current problems.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Hospital Vall d'Hebron

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
55 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-07-25
Primary Completion
2019-03-28
Completion
2019-05-16

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