ADHD guidelines - flaws in the literature and the need to scrutinise the evidence
O'Dowd, C.
Australian Family Physician 41(3): 87-88
2012
ISSN/ISBN: 0300-8495 PMID: 22396918 Document Number: 663332
On 25 October 2011, the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) announced that the draft Australian guidelines on attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) remain unendorsed. The status of the draft guidelines has been in limbo since November 2009, when conflict of interest sanctions were announced against a key United States based researcher whose work had been heavily referenced in the provisional document. As an interim measure until questions about the integrity of the research are resolved, the NHMRC is developing clinical practice points to assist concerned parents and medical professionals.