The effects of ADHD on particular psychological functions and life skills among clients undergoing addiction treatment in therapeutic communities

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Result on the web

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

The effects of ADHD on particular psychological functions and life skills among clients undergoing addiction treatment in therapeutic communities

Original language description

Therapeutic communities are specialised residential facilities with an informal and open atmosphere that focus on abstinence-oriented treatment and social rehabilitation. The symptoms or residues of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in adulthood not only pose difficulties in the individual's personal, professional, and social life, but they are also a major complicating factor for addiction treatment in therapeutic communities. The range of symptoms directly associated with ADHD (i.e. attention deficit in the presence of impulsivity, chronic restlessness, understimulation, disorganised behaviour, disorders of affect control and emotional lability, moodiness, low hardiness, sensation seeking, inefficient coping with emotions and stress orproblems in interpersonal relationships, communication, and social skills) are likely to affect clients throughout the treatment process. ADHD may have a strongly negative effect on compliance with the treatment and its outcomes. In addit

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

AN - Psychology

OECD FORD branch

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Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2013

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Adiktologie

ISSN

1213-3841

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Volume of the periodical

13

Issue of the periodical within the volume

2

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

14

Pages from-to

130-143

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EID of the result in the Scopus database

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