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A list of session properties:
Author Eric Taylor
Module 02 – Clinical Management of the Major Presentations in CAMHS
Duration 25 min
Level 2

Learning Objectives

Having completed this session you will be able to:
  • Explain how ADHD can be detected in clinic-referred children and young people
  • State the different management and treatment options that are available
  • Describe the role of medication in the treatment of ADHD and the associated safety issues

This session uses self assessments that help you check what you have learnt. You do not have to use them and your answers are not seen by anyone else.

Related Sessions

  • Core Domains of Enquiry: Clinical Observation and Examination (414-029)

Links

The National Attention Deficit Disorder Information and Support Service

The Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health

Rating scales and checklists for ADHD

Parenting programmes: Find a parenting programme

Downloads

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Further Reading and Activities

  • Taylor E, ed. People with Hyperactivity: Understanding and Managing Their Problems. London: Mac Keith Press, 2007.
  • Banaschewski T, Coghill D, Danckaerts M et al, eds. ADHD and Hyperkinetic Disorder. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010.
  • Sonuga-Barke EJS, Brandeis D, Cortese S et al. Non-pharmacological interventions for ADHD: Systematic review and meta-analyses of randomised controlled trials of dietary and psychological treatments. J Am Psych Assoc 2013;170:275–289.

References

  1. MTA Cooperative Group Multimodal Treatment Study of Children with ADHD. A 14-month randomized clinical trial of treatment strategies for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Arch Gen Psychiatry 1999; 56(12):1073-1086. View abstract
  2. Pliszka SR. Comorbidity of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder with psychiatric disorder: an overview. J Clin Psychiatry 1998;59(7):50-58. View abstract
  3. Reiersen AM, Todd RD. Co-occurrence of ADHD and autism spectrum disorders: phenomenology and treatment. Expert Rev Neurother 2008;8(4):657–669. View abstract
  4. Ronald A, Simonoff E, Kuntsi J et al. Evidence for overlapping genetic influences on autistic and ADHD behaviours in a community twin sample. J Child Psychol Psychiatry 2008;49(5):535-542. View abstract
  5. National Institute for Health and Care Excellence. Clinical Guideline 72. Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: Diagnosis and Management of ADHD in children, young people and adults. 2008; London: NICE. View document

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