ADHD adult diagnoses difficult

Awareness of ADHD has been heightened recently following the story of Dr Tony Hanne. The GP of forty years was found guilty of professional misconduct last month for incorrectly prescribing Ritalin and other ADHD drugs. The medicines can only be prescribed by doctors with a recommendation from a psychiatrist or paediatrician. But Dr Hanne argued he did so to help hundreds of people who would otherwise miss out because the public health system could not cope with the numbers of people with ADHD seeking help Dr is an Auckland psychiatrist. He told Nathan Rarere ADHD can be confused with depression and it is impossible to diagnose in a 15 minute GP consultation.