ADHD
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September 2020 – The Bridge
The month of September is a challenging time for young people, as they start a new school year. September 2020 will be particularly difficult for many, as they must also deal with the stresses of the coronavirus pandemic and social distancing, as well as the effects of increasing financial pressures on families.
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In Conversation… Dr Emma Sciberras on Sleep and Anxiety in ADHD
Dr Emma Sciberras discusses sleep and anxiety in ADHD, around 70% of children with ADHD will have sleep problems and anxiety can exacerbate ADHD symptoms. Includes transcription, and links.
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Most cited CAMH paper #19 of 25: Young People’s Experience of ADHD and Stimulant Medication: A Qualitative Study for the NICE Guideline
Ilina Singh, Tim Kendall, Clare Taylor, Alex Mears, Chris Hollis, Martin Batty, Sinead Keenan.
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Key Practitioner Message includes; Close friendships are important to young people with ADHD and are sometimes used to protect them from bullying and in other difficult situations. -
Sleep and Mental Health
Dr Sally Hobson, Specialty Community Paediatrician, Evelina Children’s Secondary Community Sleep Clinic on the relationship between sleep and mental health.
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Reply to Dr Sinead Rhodes’ commentary
A reply to Dr Sinead Rhodes’ commentary: co-occurrences between motor skills, executive function and language skills from early in development, a commentary on Gooch et al. (2014)
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Just one of the challenges for paediatricians
Before getting involved with ACAMH Max said he was wary of joining a “talking shop” but saw immediately that the organisation was active in engaging the broader mental health community.
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ADHD screens: look into language
A literature review of language problems in ADHD has confirmed large deficits in multiple areas of language functioning among young people with the disorder.
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Telephone support for parents in ADHD
Due to its high prevalence, treating ADHD can place a burden on services. Self-help and remote interventions could offer a way to deliver treatment at scale, if they’re effective.
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Brain firing, but not wiring, is different in children with ADHD
When in a relaxed state, the brains of children and adolescents with ADHD tend to fire differently to those without the disorder, although there don’t seem to be changes in the physical connections or ‘wiring’ of their brains.
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JCPP Editorial: Volume 56, Issue 09, September 2015
“Early detection of mental health and neurodevelopmental disorders: the ethical challenges of a field in its infancy” by Sally Ozonoff
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