Comment: Bewildered but enthusiastic
Nikos Myttas
pp 3-3
I am writing from Copenhagen,
where the third congress of the
European Academy of Paediatric
Societies is taking place. This would not be of great interest to child and adolescent psychiatrists and adult psychiatrists involved in the diagnosis and management of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), were it not for one fact: it is the first time that child psychiatry has featured large in the programme.
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Management of ADHD in schools: the view from a French patient support group
Christine Getin
pp 4-6
Christine Getin is President of HyperSupers TDAH France, one of France’s major patient organisations. She explains the association’s role in supporting children and families living with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD – in French, trouble du déficit de l’attention avec hyperactivité [TDAH]) and shares her views on how the disease is currently managed in France, particularly in schools.
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I am a teenager like any other – well, almost!
Anonymous
pp 7-7
I am a teenager like any other – well, almost! I am tall, handsome and very successful with girls … only kidding. My oldest memory about my ADHD was when I was six years old and starting primary school. I was regularly losing my coat (every month, according to my mother), my sports bag and, every week, the entire contents of my pencil case.
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ADHD and intellectual disability: a close relationship
Osman Malik and Jeremy Turk
pp 8-12
This article explores the important relationship
between the neurodevelopmental, neuropsychiatric condition attention deficit
hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and intellectual disability. ADHD can be associated with a range of specific learning difficulties. In this article, we focus on the global, substantial and enduring cognitive delays, usually of early onset, as defined in the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health problems, 10th Revision (ICD-10) and the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, Text Revision (DSM-IV-TR) classifications of mental retardation.
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Assessment of ADHD for the criminal justice system
Susan Young and Gisli H Gudjonsson
pp 13-15
There is an important relationship between
attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and antisocial behaviour, and experts are increasingly being asked to advise the courts about the psychological vulnerabilities and management of defendants with ADHD. The purpose of this article is to provide guidance on the assessment of ADHD for judicial purposes. The focus will be on the criminal justice system, as this is the most common source of request for an expert opinion.
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The role of working memory in children with comorbid ADHD
Barry Bourne
pp 16-20
My interest in dyslexia began in the late 1960s, in the midst of much lay and professional scepticism (including that of fellow psychologists). Hopefully, it is now widely recognised that a significant minority of individuals experience inordinate difficulties in acquiring age-appropriate literacy levels, despite high functioning in other cognitive areas, the label being less important than the facts.
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Why it makes economic sense to treat adult ADHD
Marios Adamou
pp 21-23
It is quite rare that healthcare professionals
know precisely what a health economics discussion should involve. My experience is that, frequently, assumptions on what health systems should provide differ from paper to paper and the methods of economic analysis vary. Furthermore, for some clinicians, even discussing health economics is seen as unethical and unwelcome. However, as the use of health economics by healthcare commissioning authorities grows, health professionals will have to understand, and be able to respond to, economic analyses.
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