Acceptance and commitment therapy for individuals having attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD): A scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) has accumulated increasing evidence-base for a broad range of mental health issues. Considering that ACT encourages broad and flexible patterns of behaviour and neutralizes the pervasive psychological processes proposed to be caused by most individuals' distress, such a modality may be effective for ADHD. This review aimed to give a synthesis of the studies, so far, focusing on the usefulness of ACT approaches among individuals having ADHD.

Design/methods

This scoping review searched studies exploring the effectiveness of ACT approaches for individuals with ADHD across eight electronic databases (Medline, Embase, PsycInfo, ScienceDirect, PubMed, Emcare, Scopus, and Google Scholar). This review was based on a total of two qua

SUBMITTER: Munawar K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8385395 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature