ADHD assessment and treatment masterclass

In October 2022, Professor David Coghill, Dr Roger Paterson and Dr Karuppiah Jagadheesan generously donated their time and expertise to deliver a masterclass on ADHD assessment and diagnosis, pharmacotherapy and comorbid substance use disorders– and to raise funds to support the RANZCP Foundation. 

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Assessment and diagnosis 

Professor David Coghill

In this session David first describes the current understanding around the prevalence of ADHD and rates of recognition and treatment in Australia. He then discussed the recommended approaches to assessment of ADHD in children, youth and adults. In the second half of the presentation, he explored the impact of ADHD on functioning and the relationships between ADHD and other mental health disorders

Pharmacotherapy 

Dr Roger Paterson

Roger will endeavour to teach the basics of medication prescribing for ADHD throughout the life span so that clinicians will feel comfortable working through the hierarchy of available medications, the type and dosage, which will suit an individual patient. They will need to understand that the main medications have state and Medicare restrictions and these will be outlined also. Frequency of monitoring will be discussed.

ADHD with comorbid substance use disorder

Dr Karruppiah Jagadheesan

This session will help to understand the nature and type of substance use comorbidities in ADHD, the challenges in assessment and treatment and an overview of management plan.

Q&A discussion

Dr Karruppiah Jagadheesan, Dr Roger Paterson & Professor David Coghill

Disclaimer

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