Impaired selective attention and inhibition in adolescents: comparison of neuropsychological rehabilitation and pharmaceutical approach

Filbrich, Lieve;Noël, Marie-Pascale
(2012) Annual Congress of the Belgian Association for Psychological Sciences (BAPS) — Location: Liège, Belgium (10.May.2012)

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Neuropsychological rehabilitation gains more and more importance among clinicians, but little empirical research was carried out as to its efficacy, especially in children and adolescents. Consequently, the present study aims at examining the effectiveness of specific, intensive and repetitive neuropsychological training of selective attention and/or inhibition in adolescents and at comparing it with the efficacy of a pharmaceutical approach. For this purpose, 21 adolescents presenting impaired selective attention and inhibition capacities were divided into three groups. The first two groups received 20-30 sessions of neuropsychological rehabilitation to improve inhibition capacities (group 1) or both inhibition and selective attention capacities (group 2). Group 3 received methylphenidate treatment for 2-3 months. In each case, measures of inhibition and attention capacities were taken before and after treatment (and on methylphenidate for group 3). The results showed that specific rehabilitation trainings were effective in group 1 and 2. A positive, non-specific effect of inhibition training (group 1) was only seen on selective auditory attention. Inhibition training seemed more effective than simultaneous inhibition and selective attention training on measures of behavioural inhibition. Finally, there was no significant difference between the effect of neuropsychological versus pharmaceutical approach regarding the improvement of selective attention and inhibition capacities.
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Filbrich, L., & Noël, M.-P. (2012). Impaired selective attention and inhibition in adolescents: comparison of neuropsychological rehabilitation and pharmaceutical approach. Annual Congress of the Belgian Association for Psychological Sciences (BAPS), Liège, Belgium. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/26456