title: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for College Students With ADHD.
abstract: Between 2% and 8% of college students meet criteria for ADHD, with increased incidence in recent decades. There are very few clinical trials conducted on the meaningful intervention of ADHD in college. Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) effectively treats college students with ADHD and could be more feasibly applied in college mental health clinics.
  
  
  
  Fifty-four undergraduates with ADHD between ages 19 and 24 were randomized to receive either MBCT or wait-list (WL) during a 6-week intervention phase. ADHD symptoms, neuropsychological performance, and related outcomes were assessed at pre-treatment, post-treatment, and 3-month follow-up.
  
  
  
  Participants receiving MBCT group showed greater treatment response rates (57%-71% vs. 23%-31%) and experience less anxiety and depression, and greater levels of mindfulness; MBCT participants show greater improvement on neuropsychological performance.
  
  
  
  MBCT may be a useful intervention for college students with ADHD, improving participants' ADHD symptoms, mindfulness, and sustained attention.
authors.affiliation: 1 East China Normal University, Shanghai, China.|2 Hainan Medical University, Haikou, China.
authors.forename: Yingqi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Gu
authors.affiliation: 1 East China Normal University, Shanghai, China.
authors.forename: Guangxing
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.affiliation: 2 Hainan Medical University, Haikou, China.
authors.forename: Yi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology; D001288:Attention; D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D003863:Depression / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D064866:Mindfulness / Q000379:methods*; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014495:Universities; D055815:Young Adult; D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
keywords: Attentional Network Test; adult ADHD treatment; college students; mindfulness-based cognitive therapy