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Cognitive-behavioural therapy for adult attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder: a proof of concept randomised
A J Dittner1, J Hodsoll2, K A Rimes3
1Psychological Medicine and Integrated Care Clinical Academic Group, Chronic Fatigue Research and Treatment Unit (formerly Behavioural and Developmental Psychiatry Clinical Academic Group, Maudsley Adult ADHD Service), South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, King's College London, King's Health Partners, London, UK.
Objective:
To investigate efficacy, patient acceptability and feasibility of formulation-based cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) for adults with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). NICE guidelines for adult ADHD recommend further research into psychological treatments.
Method:
Sixty participants with adult ADHD were randomly allocated to treatment as usual (TAU) vs. TAU plus up to 16 sessions of individual formulation-based CBT for ADHD.
Results:
Adding formulation-based CBT to TAU for ADHD significantly improved ADHD symptoms on the Barkley Current Symptoms Scale and scores on the Work and Social Adjustment Scale. Adjusted effect sizes (ES) were 1.31 and 0.82 respectively. There were also significant improvements on secondary outcomes including independently evaluated clinical global improvement, self-rated anxiety, depression, global distress and patient satisfaction (adjusted effect sizes 0.52-1.01).
Conclusions:
This is the first randomised controlled trial to provide preliminary evidence of efficacy and acceptability of individual formulation-based CBT for ADHD when added to TAU over TAU alone. This approach now needs to be tested in a larger multicentred randomised controlled trial.
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