ESCAlate - Adaptive treatment approach for adolescents and adults with ADHD: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Over the last decade, a wide range of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) treatment approaches for adults, including both pharmacological interventions and psychosocial treatments, have been proposed and observed to be efficient. In practice, individual treatment concepts are based on results of clinical studies as well as international guidelines (NICE Guidelines) that recommend a step-by-step treatment approach. Since the evidence supporting this approach is limited, the aim of the present study is to determine an optimal intervention regarding severity levels of ADHD symptomatology conducting a randomized controlled trial.

Method

We aim to include 279 ADHD subjects aged between 16 and 45 years. First, participants are randomized to either a face-to-

SUBMITTER: Zinnow T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5960079 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature