ESCAlife
Study to investigate a stepped care program for children, adolescents and young adults with ADHD.
ESCAlife (Evidence-Based stepped Care of ADHD along the Lifespan) is a multicentre research project, funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research. ESCAlife comprises stepped-care designs in different age groups (preschool age, school age, adolescents, adults) each focusing on the different special needs in the respective life phases.
Methodology
The aim of ESCAlife (and ESCAlate) is to improve treatment success for ADHD patients on an individualised stepwise intensifying treatment approach based on evidence-based behavioural interventions in patients with ADHD. The selection of treatment methods take into account the nature and severity of the symptomatology, as well as the response to treatment methods. In addition to the actual therapy, the aim is to determine biological parameters that can be used to estimate the success of treatment in advance.
The Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy is involved in three of the four sub-studies: ESCApreschool (3;0 to 6;11 years), ESCAschool (6- to 12-years) and ESCAadol (12- to 17 -years).
Contact
Recruitment of subjects for this project was successfully completed in 2022.
frontend.sr-only_#{element.icon}: Prof. Dr. Tobias Renner
frontend.sr-only_#{element.icon}: Priska Schneider Priska.Schneider@med.uni-tuebingen.de
frontend.sr-only_#{element.icon}: Dr. Ute Dürrwächter Ute.Duerrwaechter@med.uni-tuebingen.de
Publications
Publications
- Thöne, A. K., Görtz-Dorten, A., Altenberger, P., Dose, C., Geldermann, N., Hautmann, C., ... Renner, T., Dürrwächter, U. & Brandeis, D. (2020). Toward a Dimensional Assessment of Externalizing Disorders in Children: Reliability and Validity of a Semi-Structured Parent Interview. Frontiers in psychology, 11, 1840.
Project participants
Project Team
- Anja Schöllhorn
- Ida Steinacker
- Priska Schneider
- Dr. Ute Dürrwächter
- Prof. Dr. Tobias Renner
Coordinator ESCAlife
- Prof. Dr.med. Dr. rer. nat. Tobias Banaschewski
Further information
See also
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