title: One-year follow-up of two novel CBTs for adolescents with ADHD.
abstract: Long-term effects of two CBTs for adolescents with ADHD are explored: One aimed at improving planning skills (Plan My Life; PML), the other a solution-focused therapy (SFT) without focusing on planning skills. In a RCT, adolescents with ADHD (n = 159) were assigned to PML or SFT and improved significantly between pre- and posttest with large effect sizes Boyer et al (Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry. doi: 10.1007/s00787-014-0661-5 ), with marginal differences in favor of PML. One-year follow-up data were gathered. Initial improvements remained stable or continued to improve from posttest to 1-year follow-up. 25.9 % of adolescents showed normalized functioning. However, no treatment differences were found. These results are consistent with the finding that treatment of ADHD improves long-term outcomes, but not to the point of normalization. Earlier found differences at 3-month follow-up in favor of PML disappeared, indicating that focusing treatment on planning skills is not necessary for improvement or that a more prolonged planning-focused treatment is needed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Developmental Psychology, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.|Dutch Autism & ADHD Research Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Bianca E
authors.initials: BE
authors.lastname: Boyer
authors.affiliation: Dutch Autism & ADHD Research Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.|Centre for Cognitive Science, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Hilde M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Geurts
authors.affiliation: Department of Developmental Psychology, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.|Centre for Cognitive Science, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Pier J M
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Prins
authors.affiliation: Department of Developmental Psychology, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Saskia.vanderoord@ppw.kuleuven.be.|Centre for Cognitive Science, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Saskia.vanderoord@ppw.kuleuven.be.|Clinical Psychology, KU Leuven, Tiensestraat 102-bus 3720, 3000, Louvain, Belgium. Saskia.vanderoord@ppw.kuleuven.be.
authors.forename: Saskia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Van der Oord
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000523:psychology; D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000628:therapy*; D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: ADHD; Adolescence; CBT; Long-term effects; Planning; Treatment