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Two novel CBTs for adolescents with ADHD: the value of planning skills

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Boyer, Bianca E., Geurts, Hilde M., Prins, Pier J. M., Van der Oord, Saskia·2015·European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

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Adolescents with ADHD have planning problems, often affecting school- and social functioning. Evidence-based treatments for adolescents with ADHD are scarce and treatment drop-out rates are substantial. The effectiveness of two new, individual, short-term cognitive behavioral therapies (CBT) was investigated: One with an aim on improving planning skills and one solution-focused treatment (SFT) without such an aim. Motivational Interviewing elements were added to both treatments to enhance treatment compliance. In a multi-center randomized clinical trial, 159 adolescents (12-17 years) with ADHD were randomly assigned to one of both treatments. Pre-, post- and 3-month follow-up data were gathered on five domains: Parent-rated ADHD, planning problems and executive functioning (primary outcomes), neuropsychological measures of planning, comorbid symptoms, general functioning, and teacher measures. Attrition was low in both treatments (5%). Adolescents improved significantly between pre- and post-test with large effect sizes on all domains. Improvements remained stable or continued to improve from post-test to follow-up, also when controlling for medication use. Marginally significant differences were found in favor of the planning-focused treatment: parents and therapists evaluated this treatment more positively than SFT and the planning-focused treatment showed more reduction of parent-rated planning problems. Two new CBTs with integrated motivational components were feasible and attrition was low. ADHD symptoms and co-existing problems of the adolescents improved from pre-test to 3 months after treatment. As the planning-focused treatment was evaluated more positive and had marginal additional beneficial effects to SFT, especially planning-focused CBT seems promising to fill the gap in available treatments for adolescents with ADHD.

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Authors
Boyer, B. E., Geurts, H. M., Prins, P. J. M., & Van der Oord, S.
Affiliations
University of Amsterdam (NL)
Venue
European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Published
2014-12-31
Volume
24
Issue
9
Pages
1075-1090
ISSN
  • 1018-8827 (ISSN-L)
  • 1435-165X
OpenAlex
W2010557440
Cited by
112
References
59
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FWCI
5.34
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam) (publishedVersion, other-oa)
  • UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
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  • Lirias (KU Leuven) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • ZonMw
  • KU Leuven
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Behavioral and Psychological Studies
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
Keywords
attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, adolescents, cognitive behavioral therapy, planning skills, executive function, solution-focused therapy, motivational interviewing, medication adherence, treatment discontinuation, comorbid symptoms, treatment acceptability
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity, Female, Humans, Male, Comorbidity, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Treatment Outcome, Executive Function

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