Behavioral therapy for adults with ADHD

ADHD is a very serious condition and it does carry over into adulthood some grow out of it but most do not. And once those with ADHD become older they start to get really embarassed by it because most people lable it as a childs disoder, and some think that if I child has ADHD they just simply do not know how to act correctly of are or were not accuratly disciplined. All of these notions are wrong ADHD is a very real disorder that is un- avoidable if you have it you have it no way around it. As an adult having ADHD can be very agonizing its hard to work in the occupational world due to the fact that it is hard for ADHD individuals to sit still for long amounts of time and paying attention is a harder task than you would think. So as a result of ridicule and other forms of embarassment that come with ADHD most adults will become depressed or angry due to the negative feedback they get from those around them who do not understand. In Steven Safren's study he is hoping to gain the knowledge of if it is helpful to adults with ADHD who have been stabilized on medicine but still show symptoms of ADHD if going to behavioral therapy reagularly will help them cope better with their disorder. At the end of his study Safren records that most who underwent the therapy showed great results in the end. Their depression and anxiety had lowered considerably and they had a positive outlook after the study.

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Steven A Safren, Michael W Otto, Susan Sprich, Carol L Winett, et al. (2005). Cognitive-behavioral therapy for ADHD in medication-treated adults with continued symptoms. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 43(7), 831-842. Retrieved April 20, 2008, from Research Library database. (Document ID: 841225371).