GP-led ADHD care
Training general practitioners to diagnose and treat ADHD, so that families are seen sooner than a specialist waiting list allows. If you are a GP, the papers written for you and the clinical tools they use are gathered on the For GPs page.
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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
ADHD in children – practical clinical pearls for GPs
A practical guide for general practitioners to assessing and supporting a child who may have ADHD: looking for functional impairment at home, at school and beyond; picking up associated conditions…
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Journal article
Empowering general practitioners to diagnose and treat attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: Insights from an Australian pilot program
A short report on our pilot program training general practitioners to diagnose and treat ADHD in children, with specialist back-up. It describes how the programme was set up and some…
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Journal article
General practitioners’ attitudes and knowledge about attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD): Insights from a survey
We surveyed 213 Australian general practitioners about what they know and think about ADHD, at a time when new models of care were being sought to shorten the wait for…
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Journal article
ADHD in children – what the GP can do
Treating ADHD usually involves a specialist, but there is a great deal a general practitioner can do first. This article for GPs covers how to assess a child with features…
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Review
Recognising attention deficit hyperactivity disorder across the lifespan
ADHD affects about one child in ten and one adult in twenty, and general practitioners are often the first to see it — or to miss it. This review describes…