Improving Quality of Life at Work for People Living with AD/HD

  • Chloé is a first-year master’s student in Mental Health at McGill University, co-supervised by Drs. Ian Gold and Geneviève Sauvé. Her research is primarily focused on implementing psychosocial interventions in the workplace for individuals dealing with mental health challenges. Based at the Douglas Research Centre, she has prior experience conducting group interventions for individuals with severe mental illnesses such as schizophrenia, with the aim of enhancing job retention by addressing mental health-related outcomes.

Adults with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) face unique challenges in their professional integration due to persistent ADHD symptoms, such as time management, concentration, decision-making, and communication difficulties. Unfortunately, stigma often prevents them from accessing work accommodations, and mental health professionals feel ill-equipped to support them.

As part of a larger research initiative, this project will analyze data from a group intervention to address mental health challenges in the workplace related to ADHD. The manualized tool was originally designed to enhance job retention for those with severe mental illness (Sauvé et al., 2022). The main objective is to assess the intervention’s impact on quality of life at work in people living with ADHD.

Effects will be evaluated through an 8-week intervention, measuring effects on job-related outcomes such as motivation, accommodations, problem solving, attention/hyperactivity/memory, impulsivity, communication, and medication management.

In collaboration with “Regroupement des Associations PANDA”, this study aims to better support individuals with AD/HD in their professional environment, while also ensuring community relevance with materials distributed to employability service organizations, potentially benefiting workers with AD/HD across Quebec.

This project is co-funded in partnership with Mitacs and iA Financial Group.