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Consensus Statement on ADHD: A Summary of the Discussion by the Delegates to the Cedp Scientific Retreat on ADHD

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 October 2015

Janine Farrelly  and
Jennifer Standish
Janine Farrelly
Affiliation:
Private Practice, Melbourne
Jennifer Standish*
Affiliation:
Department of Early Childhood Studies, University of Melbourne
*
Department of Early Childhood Studies PB 10, University of Melbourne, Kew Victoria 3101 Australia, Phone: (03) 9854 3367, Fax: (03) 9854 3348, Email: [email protected]
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Abstract

The final session of the Scientific Retreat on ADHD held by the CEDP at The University of Melbourne on September 1, 1995 was a roundtable discussion aimedat arriving at a consensus statement on issues related to ADHD in Australia. Dr Russell Barkley actedas devil's advocate and facilitator. Discussion was lively and wide ranging, but agreement was not always easy to achieve. Discussion topics ranged across its legitimate status as a disorder, its comorbid risks, its genetic and environmental aetiology, its prevalence and associated gender criteria, its multiprofessional diagnosis and psychological and behavioural assessment, treatment efficacy, andimportant Australian issues still to be addressed. Some major areas of agreement between the delegates, emerging trends, and foci of further investigation have been synthesised from a transcript of the final session.

Keywords

ADHDScientific MeetingConsensusDisorderComorbidityPrevalenceAetiologyDiagnosisTreatment
Type
Research Article
Information
The Educational and Developmental Psychologist , Volume 13 , Issue 1: Special Double Issue: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder , May 1996 , pp. 79 - 81
Copyright
Copyright © Australian Psychological Society 1996

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