DBT Skills TDAH Adultos
DBT Skills TDAH Adultos
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CBT/DBT skills training for adults with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
(ADHD)
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SUMMARY
Background: Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is associated with marked impairments in familial, social, and
professional functioning. Although stimulant treatments can be effective in adult ADHD, some patients will respond poorly or not at
all to medication. Previous studies demonstrated that cognitive behavioural therapy- (CBT) and dialectical behavior therapy- (DBT)
oriented interventions are effective in reducing the burden of the disease, which is mainly marked by depression, interpersonal
difficulties, low self-esteem, and low quality of life. In order to determine the effectiveness of this intervention, we assessed the
benefits of a CBT/DBT programme to reduce residual symptoms and help patients improve their quality of life.
Subjects and methods: 49 ADHD-patients, poor responders to medication, were enrolled in a one-year programme where they
received individual therapy, associated with weekly sessions of group therapy with different modules: Mindfulness, Emotion
Regulation, Interpersonal Effectiveness and Distress Tolerance, Impulsivity/Hyperactivity and Attention. Each subject was assessed
at baseline, at months 3 and 6, and at the end of the treatment for ADHD severity (ASRS v1.1), depression severity (BDI-II),
hopelessness (BHS), mindfulness skills (KIMS), anger expression and control (STAXI), impulsivity (BIS-11), quality of life
(WHOQOL-BREF), and social functioning (QFS). The 49 ADHD patients were compared with 13 ADHD subjects on a waiting list.
Linear mixed models were used to measure response to treatment.
Results: Overall, the psychotherapeutic treatment was associated with significant improvements in almost all dimensions. The
most significant changes were observed for BDI-II (b=-0.30; p<0.0001), ASRS total score (b=-0.16; p<0.0001), and KIMS AwA
(b=0.21; p<0.0001), with moderate to large effect sizes. Compared with the waiting list controls, ADHD patients showed a better,
albeit non-significant, pattern of response.
Conclusions: Individual and structured psycho-educational DBT/CBT groups support existing data suggesting that a structured
psychotherapeutic approach is useful for patients who respond partially or not at all to drug therapy.
Key words: attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) - dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) - cognitive behavioural therapy
(CBT) – mindfulness - skills training group
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Pierre Cole, Sebastien Weibel, Rosetta Nicastro, Roland Hasler, Alexandre Dayer, Jean-Michel Aubry, Paco Prada & Nader Perroud:
CBT/DBT SKILLS TRAINING FOR ADULTS WITH ATTENTION DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER (ADHD)
Psychiatria Danubina, 2016; Vol. 28, Suppl. 1, pp 103-107
change-oriented skills (interpersonal effectiveness and weekly individual psychotherapy sessions and group
emotion regulation) and acceptance-based skills sessions (Perroud et al. 2015). To the four traditional
(mindfulness and distress tolerance). Since difficulties DBT modules (Mindfulness, Emotion Regulation, Inter-
in emotional regulation, impulsivity and interpersonal personal Effectiveness, and Distress Tolerance), we
relationships are shared by ADHD and borderline per- added two modules inspired from CBT interventions
sonality disorder, adapted DBT skills training groups (Impulsivity/Hyperactivity and Attention). The treatment
with additional CBT modules have been developed for was given over a 12-month period. Homework assign-
adult ADHD (Perroud et al. 2015, Philipsen et al. ments are given to the participants. The first hour of the
2015). The fact that mindfulness and emotion regu- group session is dedicated to reviewing the homework
lation are given more weight in DBT than in other given at the end of the previous session. Participants are
traditional CBT programmes is believed to better help encouraged to participate and share their difficulties or
patients cope with dimensions such as emotion strategies with the group. The second hour of the group
dysregulation, which is believed to be as important as session is dedicated to psycho-education and mindful-
attention deficit and/or hyperactive/impulsive symp- ness training. Weekly individual sessions aim at helping
toms in ADHD. Previous studies (Philipsen et al. 2007, patients generalize acquired skills outside the sessions
Hirvikoski et al. 2011, Edel et al. 2014, Philipsen et al. and reviewing tasks that were given in group sessions.
2014, Fleming et al. 2015) have indeed shown that Whether in individual therapy or in group skills
besides reducing core ADHD symptoms, such as training, the search for balance between acceptance and
attention deficit and impulsivity, CBT- and DBT- change is always the preferred objective of our thera-
oriented interventions and mindfulness-based pro- peutic strategies. The therapists are nurses, psycholo-
grammes are also effective in reducing the burden of gists or psychiatrists, all trained in DBT and CBT. All
the disease, which includes depression, anxiety, inter- of them attended weekly team meetings to discuss the
personal difficulties, low self-esteem, and low quality evolution of patients and difficulties encountered during
of life and functioning. The most effective treatments group and individual sessions. Furthermore, these
are those given to medicated patients in highly struc- weekly consultation meetings help ensure adherence to
tured and manual-based programmes comprising skills treatment by the therapists. Each subject was assessed at
training that teaches patients to use specific skills to baseline, at months 3 and 6, and at the end of treatment
alleviate ADHD difficulties affecting organization, for ADHD severity (ASRS v1.1), depression severity
planning, motivation, and emotion, and to help them (BDI-II), hopelessness (BHS), mindfulness skills
use these skills outside sessions. Based on these obser- (KIMS), and anger expression and control (STAXI).
vations, the aim of our study was to assess the The control group included 13 ADHD patients (38.9
effectiveness of an adapted DBT/CBT skills training age, DS =13.47, 6 women; 46.1%) registered on a
group for adult ADHD sufferers who are poor or par- waiting list. Patients on the waiting list had a monthly
tial responders to medication (Perroud et al. 2015). medical follow-up to assess the evolution of symptoms
and their response to treatment. No specific psycho-
SUBJECTS AND METHODS therapeutic interventions were provided and only some
elements of ADHD-oriented psycho-education were
For the purpose of this study, we recruited patients given to the patients. Waiting list controls were assessed
suffering from ADHD who are being treated in our at baseline and at the one-year follow-up. The study was
specialized centre for the treatment of adult ADHD. The approved by the Ethical Committee of the University
diagnosis was established according to DSM-V criteria Hospitals of Geneva and complies with the Helsinki
by trained psychiatrists and based on a semi-structured Declaration.
interview (DIVA 2.0). It also included a detailed
investigation of childhood ADHD and its persistence Statistical Analyses
into adulthood (Kooij et al. 2008). 49 ADHD patients Linear mixed models with fixed treatment time
(36.6 age, DS =10.02, 23 women; 46.9%), following a effect and random individual effect, fitted with maxi-
pharmacological treatment or not, were enrolled in the mum likelihood, as described previously (Uher et al.
psychotherapeutic programme of our study. Patients 2009), were used to measure response to treatment
were referred to psychotherapeutic interventions if they among ADHD patients following psychotherapeutic
were found to be poor responders to medication (resi- group sessions and individual skills training. These
dual symptoms despite appropriate dosage of medica- models, refitted with additional fixed effects of gender,
tion) or if they failed to respond altogether (non-res- age and baseline levels of each of the scales used to
ponse despite high dosage of medication (>100mg of assess response to treatment, were then used to compare
equivalent of methylphenidate) or if the patient suffered ADHD patients undergoing the psychotherapeutic
from side-effects preventing him/her from taking the intervention with ADHD patients on the waiting list,
medication). As described previously, patients followed and to analyse predictors of response.
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Pierre Cole, Sebastien Weibel, Rosetta Nicastro, Roland Hasler, Alexandre Dayer, Jean-Michel Aubry, Paco Prada & Nader Perroud:
CBT/DBT SKILLS TRAINING FOR ADULTS WITH ATTENTION DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER (ADHD)
Psychiatria Danubina, 2016; Vol. 28, Suppl. 1, pp 103-107
Evolution of scores for ASRS attentional, ASRS total score, KIMS Des., KIMS Obs., and STAXI anger in for controls
(ADHD in waiting list) and treated ADHD subjects. Bars=Standard Deviation
Figure 1. Evolution ADHD treated versus waiting list control
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Pierre Cole, Sebastien Weibel, Rosetta Nicastro, Roland Hasler, Alexandre Dayer, Jean-Michel Aubry, Paco Prada & Nader Perroud:
CBT/DBT SKILLS TRAINING FOR ADULTS WITH ATTENTION DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER (ADHD)
Psychiatria Danubina, 2016; Vol. 28, Suppl. 1, pp 103-107
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Pierre Cole, Sebastien Weibel, Rosetta Nicastro, Roland Hasler, Alexandre Dayer, Jean-Michel Aubry, Paco Prada & Nader Perroud:
CBT/DBT SKILLS TRAINING FOR ADULTS WITH ATTENTION DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER (ADHD)
Psychiatria Danubina, 2016; Vol. 28, Suppl. 1, pp 103-107
Correspondence:
Pierre Cole, MD
TRE Program, Service of Psychiatric Specialties,
Department of Mental Health and Psychiatry, University Hospital of Geneva
20bis rue de Lausanne, 1201, Geneva, Switzerland
E-mail: [email protected]
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