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SIGN (Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network) aim to improve the quality of health care in Scotland by developing guidelines to provide recommendations for effective health care, and facilitating their implementation in practice. More details from their website at
www.sign.ac.uk.
The SIGN guideline for ADHD in Children & Young People covers the following:
1) Diagnostic Criteria
2) Assessment
- Parent Interview / Child Interview
- Questionnaires
- Psychological Assessment
- Clinical Examination
3) Management
- Medication
- Other treatments (more for co-morbid conditions rather than the core symptoms of ADHD itself.
- Possible drug side-effects
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