Neurodiversity Bulletin

from Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

All credit goes over to our co-workers at Mersey Care.

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

20 October 2026 – Evidently Better

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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

Some articles may require an Open Athens account which you can register for at OpenAthens | Registration

If you have any questions or need help don’t hesitate to get in touch with us at Academic.Library@lscft.nhs.uk

Or come to see us at The Gosall Library | Lantern Centre | Vicarage Lane | Preston | PR2 8DW

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

Some articles may require an Open Athens account which you can register for at OpenAthens | Registration

If you have any questions or need help don’t hesitate to get in touch with us at Academic.Library@lscft.nhs.uk

Or come to see us at The Gosall Library | Lantern Centre | Vicarage Lane | Preston | PR2 8DW

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

Some articles may require an Open Athens account which you can register for at OpenAthens | Registration

If you have any questions or need help don’t hesitate to get in touch with us at Academic.Library@lscft.nhs.uk

Or come to see us at The Gosall Library | Lantern Centre | Vicarage Lane | Preston | PR2 8DW

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

Some articles may require an Open Athens account which you can register for at OpenAthens | Registration

If you have any questions or need help don’t hesitate to get in touch with us at Academic.Library@lscft.nhs.uk

Or come to see us at The Gosall Library | Lantern Centre | Vicarage Lane | Preston | PR2 8DW