Category: ADHD

Neurodiversity Bulletin

from Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

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In this edition:

  • Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: transition to psychotic disorders
  • Body dysmorphic disorder in autistic youth: clinical characteristics, treatment outcomes, and clinical adaptations
  • Independent review into mental health conditions, ADHD and autism: final report
  • No wrong door? A review
  • How dyspraxia can exhaust children and exclude them from social activities
  • CQC to regulate autism and ADHD diagnostic assessments
  • Plus much more
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Neurodiversity Bulletin

from Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

All credit for this bulletin goes to our co-workers over at Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

In this edition:

  • Neurodevelopmental reward dysregulation and addiction risk in ADHD
  • “It’s Like a Chain Reaction of Discomfort”: A Phenomenological Qualitative Study on the Intersection of Autism and Gender Incongruence in Adolescents
  • BDA new report – Pathway interrupted Report
  • The proposed SEND reform: to what extent does it make for a neuroaffirming school environment?
  • Autism and ADHD care complaints more than triple in five years in England
  • Why Do ADHD and Mood Disorders So Often Overlap?
  • Plus much more
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Neurodiversity Bulletin

from Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

All credit for this bulletin goes to our co-workers over at Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust.

In this edition:

  • A Critical Need for Neuro-Affirming Maternity Care: Perinatal Experiences of Autistic, ADHD, and AuDHD Mothers
  • School Exclusion as a Partial Mediator Between Autism and Adolescent Mental Health
  • 2026 Neurodiversity Index report
  • 4Q4: Autism and sexual violence: Understanding victim-blaming towards Autistic victim-survivors
  • Are autistic people more vulnerable to extremist content?
  • NHS bodies in England impose two-year minimum wait for ADHD and autism assessments
  • Plus much more

7 October 2026 – Evidently Better

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Neurodiversity Bulletin

from Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

Credit goes to our co-workers over at Mersey Care for putting this bulletin together.

In this edition:

  • Eating Disorder Focused Family Therapy with Autistic Children and Young People: A Narrative Review of Recent Developments
  • Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD): The Neurodivergent Elephant in the Room Within the Criminal Legal System and the Neurodiversity Paradigm
  • The monthly spectrum: Premenstrual symptoms across ADHD and autism
  • Connecting with UK ADHD Support Networks: A Guide to Finding Community and Care
  • There is nothing scientific about The Great ADHD Myth? ‘documentary’
  • Research on the experiences of people from the UK seeking an assessment for autism and/or ADHD from 2014 onwards
  • Plus much more
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Neurodiversity Bulletin

from Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

Credit to our coworkers over at Mersey Care

In this edition:

  • Over-Represented and Under-Served: Autistic Children and Young People Seeking Help for Suicidal Crisis in a UK Emergency Department
  • Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and premature mortality: A narrative review of the literature
  • ADHD and the road to adulthood: what young people tell us about identity, support and transition
  • Autism spectrum disorder: has it lost its meaning and is it leading to misdiagnosis?
  • Supporting vaccination for SEND children and young people
  • Reading by ear: how audiobooks can help people with phonological dyslexia to enjoy books
  • Plus much more
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Suffering is not inevitable: a thematic analysis of a roundtable on ADHD and mental health.

Centre for Mental Health; 2026.

https://www.centreformentalhealth.org.uk/publications/suffering-is-not-inevitable-a-thematic-analysis-of-a-roundtable-on-adhd-and-mental-health/
[Centre for Mental Health in collaboration with James’ Place convened an online roundtable around Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and how it intersects with mental health, with a particular focus on suicidality and suicide prevention. This briefing highlights the key themes and insights. The analysis generated four themes: ‘Centring lived and living experience,’ ‘Widespread systemic failures,’ ‘Cost of getting it wrong,’ and ‘Realistically hopeful ways forward.’]
Freely available online

Neurodiversity Bulletin

By Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

All credit goes to our colleagues over at Mersey Care.

In this edition:

  • Why are the youngest in class more often prescribed pharmacological treatment for ADHD?
  • Reproductive health and healthcare experiences in autistic and non-autistic individuals assigned female at birth
  • Supporting autistic people and people with a learning disability to live well in their communities
  • “A way out”: CQC-led reviews support autistic people and people with a learning disability out of long-term segregation
  • How Does Dyslexia Affect Social Skills?
  • How does parent‑child interaction therapy work? And who can use it?
  • Plus much more
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In this edition:

  • Recognizing Risk, Responding with Care: The Development of a Crisis Response Program for Suicidal and Homicidal Ideation in Children with Autism
  • Perinatal mental health research: priorities from a neurodiverse sample in the United Kingdom
  • Social Burnout And Why It Affects Some Brains Differently
  • A Space to Belong This Pride Month
  • INTEND – ImproviNg Tic services in EnglaND
  • The Late ADHD Reckoning: Top Issues Facing Men After Diagnosis
  • Plus much more

Market Failure

How the under-regulated market in NHS funded ADHD services impacts patients and finances

By the Centre for Health and the Public Interest (CHPI); 2026.
https://www.chpi.org.uk/reports/how-the-under-regulated-market-in-nhs-funded-adhd-services


[This report sets out an overview of how the large majority of NHS patients are assessed and treated for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in England. The NHS is now heavily dependent
on private companies to deliver ADHD services and expenditure on these companies has been
growing at a rapid rate over the past 3 years.]
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In this edition:

  • Fit-for-purpose Psychological Interventions to Support the Well-Being of Autistic Adults: A Systematic Review
  • Neurodiversity Pocket Guide
  • The Orthodoxy of PBS in Schools
  • Madness in Education: Doing the Same Thing Over and Over Again and Expecting a Different Outcome
  • As the definition of autism expands, are we losing sight of those with the greatest needs?
  • Tourette’s Awareness Month 2026 – No Choice
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