Sustained Change in ADHD: Interventions and Variables That Lead to Durable Improvements in Symptoms and Quality of Life

Dear Colleagues,

Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is one of the most common conditions in childhood, but it also persists into adolescence and adulthood. This disorder commonly causes a significant impairment in important areas of daily life, such as family, school, the workplace, and social relationships. In this sense, together with having valid and reliable assessment and identification procedures, it is also necessary to have effective interventions, not just to temporarily deal with the main symptoms of the disorder, but aimed to produce a sustained change, an improvement, in the symptoms and quality of life. Likewise, it has been suggested that some personal and contextual variables, such as educational, psychosocial, affective–motivational, and family-related components, have much to do with the progression of the disorder and the sustained effect of the interventions.

This Special Issue has two aims: First, to provide the scenario for presenting and discussing current advances in intervention procedures, from traditional approaches such as psychotherapy or pharmacotherapy, to new techniques like neurofeedback or the use of new technologies (serious games and virtual/augmented reality), from the perspective of their effectiveness and durability; and second, to invite authors to present their findings on the role of personal and contextual variables on the effectiveness of such interventions and the progression of the disorder across the lifespan. This Special Issue will be open to proposals dealing with ADHD in samples of children, adolescents, and adults, from both cross-sectional and longitudinal perspectives. In this way, we seek to delve deep into the current research on this topic as well as to provide new directions to promote educational and clinical resources to achieve a sustained change and improvement in ADHD symptoms and the quality of life of this population.

Dr. Trinidad García
Dr. Celestino Rodriguez
Guest Editors

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