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Effectiveness of Psychotherapy in Adult ADHD: What Do Patients Think? Results of the COMPAS Study
- Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- Objective: In the multicenter study Comparison of Methylphenidate and Psychotherapy in Adult ADHD (COMPAS), the efficacy of treatments has been primarily evaluated by observer-rated symptom change. Here, we additionally analyzed the patients’ subjective evaluation of therapy effects. Method: COMPAS compared ADHD-specific group therapy with unspecific clinical management with/without concomitant pharmacotherapy in a four-armed design. Evaluation through the patients’ retrospective perspective was performed after 1 year (post-treatment) and after another 1.5 years (follow-up). Results: In respect to patients’ subjective ratings, ADHD-specific group psychotherapy outperformed unspecific management post-treatment (z = 4.88, p < .0001) and at follow-up (z = 2.90, p = .004). Rank correlations with rater-based symptom change were small to moderate (post-treatment: rs = 0.28, follow-up: rs = 0.16). Conclusion: Therapy evaluation based on the patients’ perspective supports the concept of ADHD-specific group psycho...
- Subjects :
- Adult
Mindfulness
Psychotherapist
medicine.medical_treatment
Medizin
Group psychotherapy
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Pharmacotherapy
Developmental and Educational Psychology
medicine
Humans
0501 psychology and cognitive sciences
Retrospective Studies
Therapy Evaluation
Methylphenidate
05 social sciences
3. Good health
Clinical Psychology
Treatment Outcome
Multicenter study
Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity
Concomitant
Psychotherapy, Group
Central Nervous System Stimulants
Psychology
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
050104 developmental & child psychology
Clinical psychology
medicine.drug
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....33d9b2646a7579f22e741f0c84a04627