Cognitive behavior therapy for non-medicated adult ADHD patients

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25780422
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Clinical psychology
• Research Institution: Health Sciences University of Hokkaido
• Principal Investigator: Kanazawa Junichiro 北海道医療大学, 心理科学部臨床心理学科, 講師 (80632489)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 成人期のADHD / 認知行動療法 / 未服薬

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this applied task, individual formatted cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) were conducted for non-medicated adult Attention Deficit Hyperactivity (ADHD) in adult patients. The results showed that CBT relieved adult ADHD’s daily impairments. Also, pencil and paper research indicated that mastering compensatory strategies which is behavioral strategies to cope with adult ADHD raise adult ADHD’s social functioning, ADHD medications and psychotropic medication for comorbid mental states may increase treatment effect, and psychosocial treatment focusing on coping with emotion dysregulation may increase treatment effect.

Free Research Field

発達障がいへの認知行動療法