ADHD issue

Blogs about attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) from the February 2018 edition of The Bridge, ACAMH’s journal of secondary publication.

19 January 2018

Unpicking assessment for Adult ADHD

Variability in assessment methods could be behind the vast range of rates given for the persistence of ADHD into adulthood – from 5% up to 75%.

2 January 2018

Parent-Teen Therapy for Executive Function Deficits and ADHD: the STAND approach

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Identifying non-adult attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder individuals using a stacked machine learning algorithm using administrative data population registers in a universal healthcare system

Open Access paper from JCPP Advances – ‘This research project aims to build a Machine Learning algorithm (ML) to predict first-time ADHD diagnosis, given that it is the most frequent mental disorder for the non-adult population.’ David Roche et al.

18 September 2023

Research Review: Sustained improvements by behavioural parent training for children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: A meta-analytic review of longer-term child and parental outcomes

Open Access paper from the JCPP – ‘This meta-analytic review investigated longer-term (i.e., more than 2 months post-intervention) child and parental outcomes of behavioural parent training for children with ADHD.’ Dominique P. A. Doffer (pic) et al.

4 September 2023

Early childhood general anesthesia and risk of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Paper from the JCPP – ‘This population-based cohort study aimed to investigate the potential relationship between general anesthesia (GA) exposure and ADHD risk using propensity score matching (PSM) in a large sample size’. Mingyang Sun et al.

3 August 2023

Three year outcomes in infants with a family history of autism and/or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

Open Access paper from JCPP Advances – ‘Most research on early outcomes in infants with a family history (FH) of autism has focussed on categorically defined autism, although some have language and developmental delays. Less is known about outcomes in infants with a FH of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)’. Tony Charman (pic) et al.

2 August 2023

Co-development of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and autistic trait trajectories from childhood to early adulthood

Open Access paper from the JCPP – ‘Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and autism, defined as traits or disorders, commonly co-occur. Developmental trajectories of ADHD and autistic traits both show heterogeneity in onset and course, but little is known about how symptom trajectories co-develop into adulthood.’ Amy Shakeshaft (pic) et al.

22 June 2023

Dr. Tycho Dekkers

Dr. Dekkers is a senior researcher at the Accare Child Study Center and the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the University Medical Center Groningen in the Netherlands. He also works as a licensed therapist and coordinator of the ADHD team at Levvel, Academic Center for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Specialized Youthcare in Amsterdam. He is a Joint Editor of CAMH.

16 June 2023

Gut mycobiome dysbiosis and its impact on intestinal permeability in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder

Paper from the JCPP – ‘This study aimed to investigate the impact of fungal mycobiome dysbiosis and intestinal permeability on ADHD. The current study is the first to explore altered gut mycobiome dysbiosis using the NGS platform in ADHD.’ Liang-Jen Wang et al.

5 April 2023