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Ethics article in the BMJ 21 Jun 2013 | 03:15 pm
The link below leads to an interesting article on ethics in the British Medical Journal. The gist of it is that doctors have a duty to act professionally towards their patients, even if they dislike o...
BBC Foster Harassment of People with ADHD 4 Jun 2013 | 01:00 pm
A presenter on the BBC’s flagship “Today Programme” has just blithely dismissed ADHD as being the fault of teachers that can’t keep discipline. We would like to point out to the BBC that this was not ...
ADHD and Obesity – a Surprising Result 21 May 2013 | 03:35 pm
A very long running study, 33 years and still going, has been looking at various aspects of how ADHD affects people across life. A new paper in Pediatrics (out now on-line and in the June paper editio...
Europe regulators not yet on board with adult ADHD due to concerns regarding diagnosis methods 10 May 2013 | 04:52 pm
There is a very interesting article in yesterday’s Financial Times that points out that despite scientific evidence that ADHD symptoms persist into adulthood and despite evidence that there is a high ...
An interesting look at how methylphenidate works 10 May 2013 | 01:44 pm
A very interesting paper in The Harvard Review of Psychiatry looks at the effect methylphenidate has on the brain. This is a link to the original article (the abstract is free). There is a more layman...
Good news from Glamorgan 29 Mar 2013 | 12:06 am
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Anyone else got info on courses? 18 Mar 2013 | 09:36 pm
On line course on ADHD: https://www.coursera.org/course/adhd Reviews, thoughts, or details of other courses gratefully received.
As if we didn’t need more bad news… 5 Mar 2013 | 12:01 am
“ADHD Persists in Adulthood, Ups Mental Illness, Suicide Risk” Says an article in ‘Medscape’ (here). Abstract from the original journal article here.
Coping strategies and non-drug therapy resource “FAST MINDS” 28 Feb 2013 | 10:05 pm
Here is an interesting approach to non-drug therapy for adult ADHD. There is an associated book which we’ll review if/when we get a review copy (the list price is over £17 so unless you are very flush...
The Cambridge Science Festival features ADHD 24 Feb 2013 | 09:56 pm
We’ll let the organisers of the Cambridge Science Festival speak for themselves: Re: Cambridge Science Festival promotion I am writing in the hope of promoting the 2013 Cambridge Science Festival on y...
