What is it about?
In psychiatric healthcare, clinicians often choose between CBT (based on S. Safren´s manual) or DBT (based on B. Hesslinger´s manual) in the treatment of adult ADHD. In this study, these interventions are combined and the objective is to evaluate if the combination treatment can be effective and feasible for the patients.
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Why is it important?
A combination manual based on elements from both manuals (CBT and DBT) could offer patients a treatment which addresses the complexity and variety of problems associated with ADHD in a way that we consider each manual, when used separately, cannot do.
Perspectives
Our findings regarding are encouraging (where we found strong effect sizes on ASRS and other outcome measures). However, they need to be considered as preliminary in lack of controlled studies. If results are confirmed in the future, ADHD patients could be offered this treatment, containing a combination of effective components from state-of-the-art CBT and DBT, as part of recommended multimodal treatment. Consequently, clinicians would not have to choose between these approaches, but could offer patients a treatment providing them with effective tools for managing many of the everyday challenges of having ADHD.
Berkeh Nasri
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This page is a summary of: Group Treatment for Adults With ADHD Based on a Novel Combination of Cognitive and Dialectical Behavior Interventions, Journal of Attention Disorders, February 2017, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/1087054717690231.
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