title: Mindfulness Meditation Improves Mood, Quality of Life, and Attention in Adults with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Adults with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) display affective problems and impaired attention. Mood in ADHD can be improved by mindful awareness practices (MAP), but results are mixed regarding the enhancement of attentional performance. Here we evaluated MAP-induced changes in quality of life (QoL), mood, and attention in adult ADHD patients and controls using more measures of attention than prior studies.
  
  
  METHODS
  Twenty-one ADHD patients and 8 healthy controls underwent 8 weekly MAP sessions; 22 similar patients and 9 controls did not undergo the intervention. Mood and QoL were assessed using validated questionnaires, and attention was evaluated using the Attentional Network Test (ANT) and the Conners Continuous Performance Test (CPT II), before and after intervention.
  
  
  RESULTS
  MAP enhanced sustained attention (ANT) and detectability (CPT II) and improved mood and QoL of patients and controls.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  MAP is a complementary intervention that improves affect and attention of adults with ADHD and controls.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Psicobiologia, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Rua Napoleão de Barros 925, Vila Clementino, 04024002 São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Viviane Freire
authors.initials: VF
authors.lastname: Bueno
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Psicobiologia, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Rua Napoleão de Barros 925, Vila Clementino, 04024002 São Paulo, SP, Brazil ; Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Elisa H
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: Kozasa
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Psiquiatria, Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Maria Aparecida
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: da Silva
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Psiquiatria, Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Tânia Maria
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Alves
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Psiquiatria, Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Mario Rodrigues
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Louzã
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Psicobiologia, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Rua Napoleão de Barros 925, Vila Clementino, 04024002 São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Sabine
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pompéia
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000339:Affect / Q000502:physiology; D001288:Attention / Q000502:physiology*; D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019122:Meditation; D008875:Middle Aged; D064866:Mindfulness; D011788:Quality of Life