Teenagers, transition and ADHD: mind the gap
One of the greatest challenges that healthcare practitioners working with young people with attention deficit hyper activity disorder (ADHD) face is how best to manage a smooth transition between child and adult services. A difficulty in achieving this goal is not particular to ADHD; discontinuity and consequent disruption to mental healthcare during this period has been generally acknowledged as being complicated by complex service structures, arbitrary service boundaries, variation in protocols and policy–practice gaps.
ADHD in practice 2014; 6(3): 4–6
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