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Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Frontiers in Psychiatry

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Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy and the Adult ADHD Brain: A Neuropsychotherapeutic Perspective

Katharina Bachmann, Alexandra P. Lam, Alexandra Philipsen
Frontiers in Psychiatry Summary & key facts 2016 32 citations

This paper reviews evidence and ideas about using mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) as a non-drug way to help adults with ADHD. It explains that ADHD is linked to abnormal activity in specific brain circuits and that the usual drug treatment, methylphenidate, helps some people but has limits. The authors argue…

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Functional Brain Connectivity Studies Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
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