Useful references
- The Royal Australasian College of Physicians. Draft Australian Guidelines on Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), June 2009
- American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Practice parameter for the assessment and treatment of children and adolescents with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 2007; 46 (7): 894-921
- American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Practice parameter for the use of stimulant medications in the treatment of children, adolescents, and adults. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 2002; 41 (2 Suppl): 26S-49S
- Subcommittee on Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. ADHD: Clinical practice guideline for the diagnosis, evaluation, and treatment of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in children and adolescents. Pediatrics 2011;128;1007
- National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health. The NICE Guideline on Diagnosis and Management of ADHD in Children, Young People and Adults, 2009
- New Zealand Ministry of Health. New Zealand Guidelines for the Assessment and Treatment of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, 2001
- Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network. Management of Attention Deficit and Hyperkinetic Disorders in Children and Young People: A National Clinical Guideline, October 2009
- International consensus statement on ADHD, January 2002. Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review 2002; 5(2): 89-111
- Fayyad, De Graaf R, Kessler R, Alonso J, Andermeyer M et al, Cross-national prevalence and correlates of adult attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder. The British Journal of Psychiatry 2007; 190: 402-409
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- Wilens TE, Hammerness PG, Biederman J, Kwon A, et al. Blood pressure changes associated with medication treatment of adults with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry 2005; 66:253–259
- Cooper WO, Habel LA, Sox CM, Chan KA, Arbogast PG et al. ADHD drugs and serious cardivascular events in children and young adults. New England Journal of Medicine, 365, 1896-1904
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- U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, Office of Special Education Programs. Teaching Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Instructional Strategies and Practices. Washington DC, 2008
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- Achenbach TM. Manual for the Child Behavior Checklist/4-18 and 1991 Profile. Burlington: University of Vermont Department of Psychiatry, 1991
- American Academy of Pediatrics and National Institute for Children’s Healthcare Quality. Caring for Children with ADHD: A Resource Toolkit for Clinicians. This is a toolkit of sample letters, tip sheets, and resource lists for ADHD.
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