Cognitive training for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: Meta-analysis of clinical and neuropsychological outcomes from randomized controlled trials

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 164-174

  Cortese, Samuele ^a,b,c   Ferrin, Maite ^f,g,h   Brandeis, Daniel ^i,j   Buitelaar, Jan ^k,l   Daley, David ^b,o   Dittmann, Ralf W ⁱ   Holtmann, Martin ^m   Santosh, Paramala ^f   Stevenson, Jim ^a   Stringaris, Argyris ^f   Zuddas, Alessandro ⁿ   Sonuga Barke, Edmund J S ^a,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY CHILD STUDY CENTER   (United States)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^e AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^f KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g Centro de Salud Mental de Estella   (Spain)

^h London Huntercombe Manor Hospital   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^j UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^k RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^l RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^m RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^o UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

ADHD; evidence based psychiatry; executive functions; nonpharmacological; working memory

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WORKING MEMORY; ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; PROCEDURES; PUBLISHING; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; COGNITION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMANS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PUBLICATION BIAS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84923378011     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: 15275418     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaac.2014.12.010     Document Type: Review

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