A massive new study has landed in The BMJ, pulling together 221 meta-analyses on ADHD treatments across the lifespan, easily the most comprehensive picture we’ve ever had about what helps… and what just helps your wallet empty faster.
Scottish children and young people have been forced to wait for more than 1,000 days to secure autism and ADHD assessments
Our response to Tom Arthur MSP, Minister for Wellbeing in which he stated that “no system in the world could meet ADHD and autism assessment demands”:
The recent withdrawal of ADHD assessment and treatment across Scotland will lead to a significant rise in mortality, a reduction in life expectancy.
We acknowledge that the Scottish ADHD Coalition has not been active recently, and we sincerely apologise for any inconvenience or uncertainty this may have caused.
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The Salvesen Mindroom Centre Research Centre team at the University of Edinburgh would like to say thank you to everyone from
A testament to the campaigning of many organisations, including the Scottish ADHD Coalition, over the past year.
There will be debate about ADHD in the Scottish parliament on Tuesday 5th June just after 5pm, sponsored by Daniel Johnson MSP.
A video of last week’s half hour Westminster Hall debate on diagnosis and treatment of ADHD is available on our Facebook page.
Michelle described how the (unquantified and likely minimal) risks of medication for adult ADHD can be far outweighed by the mental health risks of ADHD remaining untreated.
Here you can see some coverage of our new report, Attending to Parents.