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BBC Scotland and Herald coverage of our new report

The BBC has covered the launch of our new report, Attending to Parents. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-43781070 And there was a piece in The Herald http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16163247.Children_with_ADHD_being_excluded_up_to_six_times_on_average_amid_learning_support_cuts/ Big thanks to Avril and Rhys Sinclair, and to Joanne and Michael McPeake, for going on record to talk about life with ADHD.

Parent survey about ADHD services in Scotland published

April 17th 2018 saw the publication of the results of our survey of parents about health and education services for children with ADHD across Scotland. The survey was answered by more than 200 parents of children with a confirmed diagnosis of ADHD across Scotland and paints a picture of health and education services which are […]

NICE publishes new guidance on ADHD in adults and children

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has just published its new Guideline on the diagnosis and management of ADHD. It applies only in England, but is still a useful document for us as it summarises all the latest evidence about ADHD treatment and is therefore much more up to date than the Scottish SIGN […]

Demos publishes report on the cost of undiagnosed ADHD

As reported in today’s Guardian, a new report by the think tank Demos has shown the enormous cost of undiagnosed ADHD in adults.    Based on a literature review and interviews with 10 adults with ADHD which was not diagnosed in childhood, the report highlights that the economic burden of ADHD to the UK economy is […]

New Parent Support Group in East Kilbride

Delighted to announce a new parent support group – ADHD Support Network South Lanarkshire. For more information please contact susanralston@hotmail.co.uk or join them on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/groups/211039219462436/ The first meeting will be on 21st February 2018 at 7pm at Kirktonholme Nursery, 401 Kirktonholme Road, East Kilbride G74 1RS

Please complete our parent and carer survey

The Scottish ADHD Coalition is running a parent/carer survey looking at health and education services for children with ADHD.  If you are a parent or carer of a child with a confirmed diagnosis of ADHD living in Scotland, it would be great if you could take 10 minutes to complete it.  It will be used […]

Today’s Herald article: ‘Medication Generation’ – a response

Today’s Herald front page ‘Medication Generation’ highlights the increase in prescribing of ADHD medication which has taken place over the past 5 years in Scotland – based on data published a year ago. We see this increase as a positive sign that Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services are recognising that ADHD is a serious […]