A randomized controlled trial of cognitive behavioral therapy for ADHD in medication-treated adolescents.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To test cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for persistent attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms in a sample of medication-treated adolescents.

Methods

Forty-six adolescents (ages 14-18), with clinically significant ADHD symptoms despite stable medication treatment were randomly assigned to receive CBT for ADHD or wait list control in a cross-over design. Twenty-four were randomized to CBT, 22 to wait list, and 15 crossed-over from wait list to CBT. A blind independent evaluator (IE) rated symptom severity on the ADHD Current Symptom Scale, by adolescent and parent report, and rated each subject using the Clinical Global Impression Severity Scale (CGI), a global measure of distress and impairment. These assessments were performed at baseline, 4-mo

SUBMITTER: Sprich SE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5026858 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature