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NEW
COGNITIVE THERAPY SUCCESSFUL WITH ADHD
by Eldon Taylor, Ph.D.
In a bench mark study
conducted by researcher Kim Roche of Colorado State University, a
new cognitive behavioral therapy successfully reduced symptoms of
Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD) in young people between
the ages of 6 and 16.
Roche followed the earlier
work of Dr. Gathke-Brandt who employed subliminal audio messages with
ADHD patients and had limited success. Roche teamed up with Dr. Eldon
Taylor of Progressive Awareness Research. Taylor's work with cognitive
engineering (changing self talk) through the means of audio subliminal
communication has been successful in prior studies conducted in domains
such as test anxiety, stress, depression and cognitive organization.
Together, Roche and Taylor
developed affirmations designed to counteract the self talk assumed
to be inherent to sufferers of ADHD. The philosophy of cognitive engineering
was originally conceived of in the mid fifties. The theory behind
this form of behavioral therapy is stated by Roche as, "by disputing
irrational beliefs and replacing them with rational, realistic, and
positive statements, behavior change is effected". She continues by
offering a simple model which she credits to Albert Ellis. The A-B-C
model as it is called is graphically depicted as follows:
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A-------------------->
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B-------------->
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C
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(activating
event)
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(belief)
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(consequence:
emotional & behavioral)
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Taylor and Roche argue that by changing the belief, a method which
they assert can be done by subliminal statements which bypass critical
or conscious awareness and become internalized as self talk, or what
Taylor refers to in his book Subliminal Learning, as "semantic priming",
an activating event will pass through a different lens and result
in a different interpretation of the event. This difference in interpretation
changes expectation which defines many emotional and behavioral responses.
The study was conducted
as a double-blind where only Taylor knew which tape (tape A or B)
contained what messages and Roche knew which subjects received the
respective tapes. Custodians of the young people involved in the study
were also blind as to whether the tape they had contained the research
messages or the control message. The research messages, or affirmations,
were first person statements such as, "I concentrate, I focus my attention,
I choose to learn, I am good" and so forth. The control tape had only
one message and this was considered to be a neutral message: "people
are walking".
The results of the study
showed a strong statistical decline in ADHD symptoms as rated in pre
and post conditions by caregivers (P=.01). However, there were reports
of an abreactive nature (psychological resistance). Some caregivers
reported a worsening of conditions during the experiment, although
by the conclusion of the thirty day usage of the audio taped subliminal
messages, only one subject listening to the experimental tape had
worsened compared to five in the control group.
The study enlisted thirty
two children volunteered by their caregivers. The children were randomly
assigned to two different groups. The subliminal messages were embedded
using the "Taylor Method" in the sound of a stream. The researchers
caution that "The literature seems to indicate that most commercially
prepared subliminal self help tapes are ineffective. Therefore, it
appears that the method of presenting the subliminal messages, and
the content of the subliminal material greatly impacts their effectiveness
as a treatment modality".
For more information,
contact Progressive Awareness Research, Inc., P.O. Box 1139, Medical
Lake, WA 99022
Last Modified on Sat, Mar 27,
1999 at 12:19:06 PM. Thanks for checking it out!
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