MINDFULNESS TRAINING – EFFECT ON ADULTS WITH ADHD AND DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS AND THE ROLE OF DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES

Abstract

Nowadays, more and more people are faced with symptoms of depression. This literature review focuses on adults with ADHD and depressive symptoms and presents the therapeutic technique of mindfulness and its benefits. The purpose of the paper was to add another method of reducing the symptoms of people who suffer from such difficulties in their daily lives. At the same time, the role of new technologies in the solution of mindfulness was also sought because developers and researchers work every day to provide solutions through technology to people who face developmental disorders such as ADHD or medical diseases such as depression. The research question of the work was presented and the contribution of mindfulness training is attributed as an alternative practice with the main axis of shifting the attention of individuals to the situation they are faced with and consequently to the fullest possible ideal awareness and cultivation of positive emotions. The findings identified were very interesting as mechanisms were found that were favored by mindfulness training. The concerns and research data led to the main conclusion that indeed the mindfulness technique can be administered by therapists as a way to reduce the symptoms experienced by adults with ADHD and depression.