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Treatment: Coaching of Adults with ADHD

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The psychological treatment is described that is best combined with medical treatment, consisting of psycho education, coaching or cognitive behavior therapy, schema focussed therapy for ADHD, mindfulness, and relationship therapy, with a lot of examples from clinical practice.

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Kooij, J.J.S. (2022). Treatment: Coaching of Adults with ADHD. In: Adult ADHD. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-82812-7_5

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