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Health and the Disability Equality Duty - Guidance for public authorities working in the health sectors in England and Wales
July 2008 - Hand book to NHS Constitution
Mindful Employer - The Disability Discrimination Act: Reasonable Adjustments

6 May 2009 - Executive Function Impairments in High IQ Adults With ADHD - To demonstrate that high IQ adults diagnosed with ADHD suffer from executive function (EF) impairments that: a) can be identified with a combination of standardized measures and self-report data; and b) occur more commonly in this group than in the general population.
20 October 2008 - Behavioral and Brain Functions - The influence of serotonin- and other genes on impulsive behavioral aggression and cognitive impulsivity in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD): Findings from a family-based association test (FBAT) analysis
ADHD and Eating Disorders - Rev Bras Psiquiatr. 2008;30(4):384-9

2006-2008 - A Comparison of Primary Care Trusts (includes GP services) for Quality of Services for 2006 to 2008
4 November 2008 - Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health
October 2008 - ADHD Interim Report University of Leeds
August 2008 - CNS Spectrums - The International Journal of Neuropsychiatric Medicine - Best Practices in Adult ADHD: Epidemiology, Impairments, and Differential Diagnosis"
Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment 2008:4(1) 177–186 - Treatment of adult ADHD: Is current knowledge useful to clinicians?
2008 - World Psychiatry 2008;7:131-136 - Diagnosing and treating attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in adults
2006 - The Nature of ADHD - This is a chapter excerpt from Guilford Publications. Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Third Edition: A Handbook for Diagnosis and Treatment, Russell A. Barkley
2006 - Evidence based guidelines for management of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in adolescents in transition to adult services and in adults: recommendations from the British Association of Pharmacology

January 2009 - 8.2 % of English adults have ADHD characteristics - A survey carried out for The NHS Information Centre for health and social care by the National Centre for Social Research and the Department of Health Sciences, University of Leicester called Adult Psychiatric Morbidity in England, 2007: results of a household survey. Chapter 7 (pages 119-134) is about ADHD in adults and it contains the first prevalence estimates of possible ADHD in the English adult population.
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27 January 2009

Daily Telegraph - Middle aged women suffering most from mental health problems

Another article about the report in "Nursing in Practice"
28 October 2008 - Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health - Impact of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder on the patient and family: results from a European survey

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