ADHD

  • Tycho Dekkers

    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.

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  • Dr. Nicole Papadopoulos

    Dr. Nicole Papadopoulos is a Senior research fellow and Clinical Psychologist in the School of Educational Psychology and Counselling, Monash University. She is an Associate Editor of CAMH.

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  • Professor Kapil Sayal

    Kapil Sayal  is Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Honorary Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist at the University of Nottingham. He is an Associate Editor of CAMH, responsible for the Technology Matters section. 

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  • Dr. Blandine French

    Women and ADHD: Diagnosis & Management – Episode 5 ‘ADHD, A Young Person’s Guide’

    Hosted by Dr. Blandine French, this podcast series focuses on attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorders (ADHD) and is designed to help young people and their families. This episode is the second of a two-part special on Women and ADHD, and Blandine is joined by Dr. Jo Steer, a clinical psychologist, and Emily, Anita, and Firdawsi – three young women with lived experience of ADHD.

    We are delighted to produce this podcast series in partnership with Clinical Partners, the UK’s largest private mental health partnership.

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  • ADHD Awareness Month

    ADHD Awareness Month 2022; Understanding a Shared Experience

    This ADHD Awareness Month, we encourage you to explore the learning opportunities available on our website, and to share with your networks. Together we can correct misunderstandings, educate the wider public, and highlight the lived, and shared, experience of young people with ADHD.

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  • Emeritus Professor Jim Stevenson

    A digest of the published work of Michael Rutter

    A digest of the published work of Michael Rutter by Jim Stevenson, Emeritus Professor of Developmental Psychopathology, University of Southampton. Revised December 2021

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  • The Centre for Attention Learning and Memory (CALM) Approach to Neurodevelopmental Research – MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit University Of Cambridge

    Our thinking around neurodevelopmental disorders is undergoing a period of rapid change. The traditional approach, endorsed by classification systems such as the Diagnostic Statistical Manual, defines neurodevelopmental disorders such as autism and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) as distinct categories.

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  • Mood Disorders and ASD: What not to miss

    The autism community identified mental health as their top research priority in 2016.¹ Autistic children and adolescents are more likely than their general population counterparts to have psychiatric disorders.² For bipolar disorder, rates of 7% are seen in autistic children and adolescents versus 1% in their general population peers.

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  • Cord blood metabolites linked with an ADHD diagnosis in childhood

    Researchers in the USA have analysed whether the levels of branched-chain amino acids (BCAAs) detectable in maternal plasma and newborn cord blood are associated with the development of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) later in childhood.

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  • Childhood behaviour patterns linked with romantic partnering in adulthood

    Children with behavioural disorders, such as ADHD or conduct disorder, are more likely to experience partnership problems in adulthood, including partner conflict and lower relationship satisfaction.

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