I was just interviewed about a recent study published in the Journal of Pediatrics. This study looked at data from 378,881 children, ages 4-17, from 1997 to 2011 in Taiwan and analyzed the percentage of children who were diagnosed with ADHD and prescri
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CADDAC's past year proved very successful.The highlights being; extensive advocacy work in British Columbia, Ontario and Manitoba; this years conference held in Ontario; the launch of our PREP two day parenting program; additional full day workshops in
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The title says it all. Access this great blog post in the Huffington Post by Dr. Diane McIntosh, psychiatrist and assistant clinical professor at the University of British Columbia Here.
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At the beginning of March CADDAC received a reply letter from Health Canada.View this letter Here.The letter reiterated what we have been told previously.Health Canada requires official reporting of a decrease in effectiveness of a generic when compare
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If you have an interest in ADHD in females, how symptoms differ in girls, how we under diagnose and misdiagnose it and the consequences of this, you don't want to miss this recording. The interview features Anna, a every insightful 17 year old who was
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The subjective nature of tools used to assess ADHD, such as rating scales and feedback from parents and educators has long been criticized by media and naysayers even though all mental health disorders are diagnosed in this manner. For this reason a re
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