CAMHS around the Campfire journal club – ADHD deficit in school performance across sex and parental education

For this session we are pleased to welcome Hans Fredrik Sunde, from the Norwegian Institute of Public Health, to discuss his JCPP Advances paper ‘The ADHD deficit in school performance across sex and parental education: A prospective sibling-comparison register study of 344,152 Norwegian adolescents’.

ADHD Masterclass; The evolving concept, existing challenges, and interventions

A new lecture from Professor Edmund Songua-Barke which includes an exploration of the neurodiversity movement for ADHD, plus Professor Samuele Cortese’s talk includes discussions on pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatments for ADHD. Limited numbers, this will sell-out so book now.

ADHD 2017 Editorial

Editorial introducing a summary of recent research from the JCCP/CAMH in Attention Deficity Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).

16 December 2019

ADHD in 2019: Learning’s from Ireland’s Specialist ADHD service in CAMHS

It is very common for ADHD in children to present together with other developmental and/or mental health problems, such as oppositional and attachment disorders, Tourette’s syndrome, autism spectrum disorders and anxiety disorders. No single risk factor explains ADHD, but a mix of genetic and environmental factors working together that looks likely to be the cause.

ADHD Masterclass

Neuroscience provides a rational basis for the discovery of new and/or more effective treatments for ADHD. Over the last twenty years our view of ADHD neurobiology has changed considerably, with modern views emphasising its complexity and heterogeneity.

ADHD Masterclass

Neuroscience provides a rational basis for the discovery of new and/or more effective treatments for ADHD.

A cognitive neuroscience review of the aetiology of ADHD

A simple neurological explanation has yet to identify an aetiology and pathogenesis of the disorder.  However, advancements in imaging techniques should help to give a more detailed understanding of the brain regions that are different to those without ADHD.

16 August 2018

ADHD – Attention-deficit / hyperactivity disorder

ADHD is a behavioural disorder with three key aspects, inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity.

1 May 2018

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