Out of sight, out of mind
People with ADHD can find it hard to remember what possessions they have, appointments can be missed and items on a to-do list are not attended to. Modern organisational systems…
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The ADHD Assessment Quality Assurance Standard for Children and Teenagers (CAAQAS).
I was thrilled to be asked to join The UK ADHD Partnership (UKAP) to co-author and contribute this to the field. This publication was written with the aim of serving…
ADHD Medication and GP Shared Care: What You Need to Know
If you’ve been diagnosed with ADHD and are considering starting medication, one of the first steps in managing your treatment is finding out whether your GP will agree to ‘shared…
‘Do you often make careless errors and mistakes?’
One of the signs of inattention in people with ADHD is the tendency to make careless errors and mistakes. Apart from difficulty in paying attention, this may be due to…
Decisional Rubric for Avoiding Impulsive Purchases
Inspired by the YouTuber Jessica McCabe (How to ADHD), please find this decisional rubric. It is designed to be saved onto a mobile telephone or where you make most impulse…
Time blindness.
A neurotypically developing person will acquire an innate sense of passing time. What we know about how people measure time is complex; it is likely to involve multiple brain centres…
Using the environment to treat ADHD.
Russell Barkley has said that ADHD is more of an ‘intention disorder’ than an inattention disorder. People with ADHD know what is required of them and have every intention to…
How ADHD can worsen before menses, and how to help.
The medical model of ADHD says the condition is caused by a general reduction of specific neurotransmitters, namely dopamine and noradrenaline. Toward the later end of the luteal phase of…
It can be hard to spot ADHD
ADHD rarely travels by itself. The American Centers for Disease Control and Prevention highlights this explaining that behaviour problems, anxiety and depression, increased risk taking, peer difficulties, autism, and specific…
Stimulant ‘crash’
Sometimes people explain they ‘crash’ in the afternoon or evening and attribute this to stimulant medication. While this can be the case for some people, for others there are alternative…