Psychosocial interventions for improving the physical health of young people and adults with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: a scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Young people and adults with ADHD are at risk of a range of physical health problems. There is limited guidance on how to approach health problems in ADHD, and especially around 16-25 year olds who will be transitioning from paediatric to adult care. The aim of this scoping review was to identify psychosocial interventions that target physical health in young people and adults with ADHD.

Methods

We constructed searches in MEDLINE, PsycInfo, EMBASE of adolescents, young people and adults. Inclusion criteria were; studies of psychosocial interventions examining a component of physical health, applicable to people aged 16-25, with clinical or research diagnoses of ADHD. Data were extracted using a data extraction tool and tabulated, including study intervention frami

SUBMITTER: Ward JH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11337789 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature