Intervención cognitiva conductual en los trastornos por déficit de atención e hiperactividad en niños de edad intermedia

Abstract

Attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder is one of the disorders with the greatest influx in children's medical consultations, it is characterized mainly by marked behavioral problems, inattention and hyperactivity that takes the entire cycle of formation and identification of the personality to act incorrectly with those who socialize in their immediate environment creating the misconception that if there is no proper behavior it can lead to abandonment of the social environment.This pathology affects various social classes, generating difficulties in the family, personal, social and academic environment, it is diagnosed in early childhood between six and nine years old, it representing 2% to 12% of the child's population; 70% of this cases can coexist with other mental and neuronal diseases. It has a multifactorial origin and is associated with pathophysiologies affecting executive functions generating difficulties in responding to certain stimulisuch as planning ficate, organize actions and inhibit the initial response to replace it with a more adequate ones. The present research work aims to develop a psychotherapeutic treatment supported by the bibliographic compilation of several authors since the cognitive-behavioral approach aimed at improving communication skills, impulse control, identification and control of emotions aimed directly at addressing the patient's problem and involving parents; The intervention plan consists of ten sessions held once a week, within which techniques are applied in the development of meta-cognitive, reflective, self-control, behavioral and attention skills effective for the improvement of the patient.