A key component for an accurate ADHD diagnosis is evidence of 'functional impairment', meaning the symptoms must significantly impact a person's day-to-day life, as symptoms alone are not sufficient ...

A teacher who was diagnosed with ADHD as an adult has opened a forest school to help some neurodivergent children who feel "overwhelmed" in mainstream education. Craig Johnson, 39, launched Wild Kids ...

In the early 1990s, while working at the Maudsley Hospital in London, clinical and forensic psychologist Susan Young began to notice a troubling trend. Young people diagnosed with conditions such as ...

It’s thought more than 80% of people with ADHD (short for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder) in the UK remain ...

ADHD diagnoses and prescriptions have increased significantly in the UK over the past 2 decades, except in children under 5 years of age, according to a study in BJPsych Open. Researchers from ...

There are now 2.6 million people in the UK with ADHD – and diagnoses are on the rise. Looking at 18 years of anonymised NHS patient records, researchers at University College London noted a 20-fold ...

Sir Anthony Hopkins has risked the wrath of mental health charities as he has claimed that ADHD, OCD and Asperger's are "nonsense" conditions. The actor has previously said that he believes he could ...

BBC’s Panorama has “exposed” the private health clinics awarding ADHD diagnoses in the UK without due process. However, the answer to this problem is not to doubt the veracity of those coming forward ...

We’ve recently written at HuffPost UK about how to spot the signs of autism in adult women and young girls. Autism diagnoses in the UK have risen; alongside that, more and more adults have received ...

Though more and more adults in the UK are getting attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) diagnoses, ADHD UK says that millions may still be undiagnosed. That can cause issues – partly because ...