ADHD services and policy
Who treats ADHD in Australia, where the system is failing people, and what would fix it.
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Journal article
New model of management of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder by trained general practitioners: Prospective cohort study in 207 children
This was a clinical study in which general practitioners were given training to diagnose and manage ADHD in children. We report on the first 207 children aged 4 to 17…
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Journal article
Unmet Needs and Service Priorities for ADHD in Australia: AI-Assisted Analysis of Senate Inquiry Submissions
Five hundred and five people with lived experience of ADHD wrote to the 2023 Australian Senate inquiry. We used a large language model to help sort what they said into…
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Journal article
Stimulant treatment for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and risk of first and repeat juvenile criminal offending: a population-based cohort study
Using linked health and court records for people born in New South Wales between 1990 and 2005, we looked at whether young people treated with stimulants for ADHD were more…
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Journal article
Changing patterns of treatment and prescribers of stimulants for children, adolescents and young adults with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in New South Wales, Australia: evidence for a treatment bottleneck? – A database study
Using the NSW Ministry of Health’s record of every stimulant prescription, we traced who was treated for ADHD and by whom from childhood into adult life. Treatment peaks at about…
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External article
ADHD: community responds to new clinical guidelines
Australia’s first clinical guideline for ADHD arrived in 2022. This piece for the MJA’s InSight+ sets out why it will be hard to put into practice: ADHD costs the country…
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Letter
Involving medical students in a community-based project on ADHD: a novel learning experience
Medical students get little teaching about ADHD, even though it is a common condition. In this research letter we describe how four University of Sydney students were involved in a…
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Review
Transition in ADHD: attention to the lifespan
We reviewed different models for transitioning young people with ADHD to adult services. The reviewed studies showed that transition may not run smoothly and that the adult services are frequently…