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Chair: Dr Aisling Mulligan Vice-Chair: Prof Jane McGrath
Aims
- To promote and advocate for improved ADHD services for children and families in Ireland
- To promote and advocate for the development of mental health services for adults with ADHD in Ireland
- To increase awareness of ADHD and the impact of the disorder on individuals affected
- To support training in child, adolescent and adult psychiatry in the area of ADHD
- To bring together psychiatrists from allied specialties with an interest in the field
Click here to view the Terms of Reference
SIG Presentations
22nd November 2022: Presentation on “Update on the Neurobiology of ADHD and implications for clinical practice” by Professor Mark Bellgrove – https://youtu.be/O9BdG8075l4
Dates of upcoming meetings in 2023
- 10am on Friday, 24th February
- 10am on Friday, 12th May
- 10am on Friday, 22nd September
- 10am on Friday, 24th November
College Faculty/SIG and committee meetings can garner 1 internal or external CPD credit per meeting up to a maximum of 10 credits per PCS year.
To contact the group
To contact the group or if you would like to join, please email Helen Murray, hmurray@irishpsychiatry.ie or call (01) 6618450.
Editorials
- Influence of Relative Age on Diagnosis and Treatment of Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in Taiwanese Children February 2016 – The Journal of Paediatrics
- Methylphenidate for ADHD November 2015 – The British Medical Journal
- Methylphenidate for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in children and adolescents: Cochrane systematic review with meta-analyses and trial sequential analyses of randomised clinical trials November 2015 – The British Medical Journal
- Non-pharmacological interventions for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) delivered in school settings: systematic reviews of quantitative and qualitative research June 2015 – Health Technology Assessment
- Mortality in children, adolescents, and adults with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: a nationwide cohort study May 2015 – The Lancet
- Non-Pharmacological Interventions for ADHD in School Settings: An Overarching Synthesis of Systematic Reviews March 2015 – Journal of Attention Disorders
- Nonpharmacological Interventions for ADHD: Systematic Review and Meta-Analyses of Randomized Controlled Trials of Dietary and Psychological Treatments March 2013 – The American Journal of Psychiatry
- Influence of relative age on diagnosis and treatment of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in children April 2012 – Canadian Medical Association Journal
- The worldwide prevalence of ADHD: is it an American condition? June 2003 – World Psychiatric Association
- Hyperactive Behaviour in English Schoolchildren: A Questionnaire Survey March 1984 – Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology
Resources
- Recommended ADHD Reading List and Useful Resources
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – Attention Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Articles & Key Findings
Sample forms for ADHD assessment & follow up
- DDTODS – Dundee Difficult times of day scale & assessment of impact on child & family self-esteem & quality of life – Instructions on Use
- DDTODS – Dundee difficult times of day scale monitoring chart
- Dundee Female Blood Pressure Chart
- Dundee Male Blood Pressure Chart
- Follow up assessment – ADHD Care Package Clinic Documentation
- Monitoring on ADHD medication – NICE Guidelines
- New patient assessment document – NHS
- The Child ADHD Teacher Telephone Interview (CHATTI)
Previous Events
- 6th World Congress on ADHD Vancouver – April 2017
- CHADD Annual International Conference on ADHD California – November 2016
- The ADHD Tsunami? Global perspectives Dublin – October 2016
- College of Psychiatrists Spring Conference Kildare (ADHD Symposium) – April 2016
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