Optimising treatment strategies for ADHD in adolescence to minimise 'lost in transition' to adulthood
Publication year
2017Author(s)
Source
Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences, 26, 5, (2017), pp. 448-452ISSN
Publication type
Article / Letter to editor
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Cognitive Neuroscience
Journal title
Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences
Volume
vol. 26
Issue
iss. 5
Page start
p. 448
Page end
p. 452
Subject
Radboudumc 7: Neurodevelopmental disorders DCMN: Donders Center for Medical NeuroscienceAbstract
The persistence of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) from adolescence to adulthood is not matched by continuity of care in this transition period. Many adolescents with ADHD have poor medication adherence or even stop medication treatment, and use of behavioural interventions is also suboptimal. The present commentary focuses on treatment strategies that might improve effects of ADHD medication treatment by improving adherence in adolescents with ADHD and/or optimise behavioural interventions for ADHD in adolescence. Most treatment strategies in adolescents with ADHD are merely copied from treatments offered to children. Instead however treatment should be focused on what makes adolescents special and vulnerable, such as poor insight into own functioning and poor decision making. Techniques that offer promise for adolescents are motivational interviewing, use of ecological momentary assessments and interventions, mindfulness-based training and serious games. Systematic studies into the effects of these techniques alone and in combination with medication are lacking.
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