ADHD
Conditions
Brief summary
College students with ADHD have significant difficulty effectively managing their time, organizing, planning, and completing their academic work. As a result, they typically have lower grade-point averages, more course failures and withdrawals, are more likely to be placed on academic probation and are less likely to graduate from college than students without ADHD. The purpose of this project is to refine and test a psychological intervention on campus to help students with ADHD develop these self-management skills so that they can be more successful in college and avoid these negative outcomes.
Detailed description
Participants will be assessed pre- and post-intervention during interviews with the clinician-investigators and on several self-report questionnaires designed to assess their self-management of time, organization, and planning. Feedback of the results will be discussed with them, including any recommendations for further treatment.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALCognitive-Behavioral Therapy Targeting Executive Dysfunction in College Students with ADHD
The intervention is 12 weeks long, made up of one 2- hour session each week. These sessions are designed to help the participants develop strategies to improve their executive functioning skills including self- care, time management and organizational skills. These skills will also be applied to specific academic tasks such as note-taking during reading and lectures, organizing and conducting research, and writing papers.
Sponsors
The City College of New York
Northwell Health
Study design
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Intervention model description
In the first (open trial) phase of the study, all participants will receive group cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) for executive self-management skills, including time-management, organization, and planning. Students will be assessed on measures of ADHD symptoms and executive self-management skills before and at the conclusion of the 12-week treatment program. Each group session lasts 2 hours.
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 30 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Student at The City College of New York * Diagnosis of ADHD, Inattentive or Combined Subtype * In good physical health
Exclusion criteria
* Actively abusing drugs or alcohol within the past 6 months * Actively suicidal * Diagnosis of borderline personality disorder * Diagnosis of bipolar disorder * Diagnosis of a psychotic disorder * Neurological disorder (such as traumatic brain injury, brain tumor, Parkinson's) * History of childhood abuse or trauma or psychiatric condition that prevents clear * confirmation of the presence of ADHD in childhood * Any other acute psychiatric condition (e.g. acute panic disorder, severe depression) with treatment needs that take precedence over ADHD.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Change from Baseline Adult Investigator Symptom Rating Scale (AISRS) at six months | Change from Baseline AISRS at six months | The AISRS is a structured diagnostic Interview, administered by one of the study investigators to assess for Adult ADHD. Scores are reported on a scale from 0 to 27, with higher score being worse. |
| Change from Baseline Behavior Rating Scale of Executive Function - Adult Version (BRIEF-A) at six months | Change from Baseline BRIEF-A at 6 months | The Meta-Cognitive Index of the BRIEF-A will be used to measure change in executive functions, including time-management, organization, and planning. Scores are reported as percentiles from 0 to 99 with a higher score being worse. |
| Change from Baseline Learning and Study Strategies Inventory (LASSI) at six months | Change from Baseline LASSI at 6 months | The LASSI is a self-rating scale that measures student awareness and use of learning and study strategies on 10 scales related to skill, will, and self-regulation. Scores are reported as percentiles from 0 to 99 with a higher score being better. |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed