Webinars

This webinar will help clinicians to understand the importance of a comprehensive approach that considers cultural factors to the treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and comorbid mental health conditions in young people. The webinar will cover assessment, diagnosis, research evidence and comprehensive treatment of ADHD and comorbid mental health conditions in young people.

Who is this webinar for?

This webinar is suitable for clinicians who work with young people in mental health services, primary care settings and other areas of health and human services.

What will you learn in this webinar?

• How ADHD in adolescents and young adults is assessed
• The mental health conditions that commonly co-occur with ADHD
• Evidence-based treatment for ADHD and co-morbid mental conditions in young people

Presenter

Associate Professor Alasdair Vance; Head, Academic Child Psychiatry, Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne at the Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne.

Alasdair Vance is Head, Academic Child Psychiatry, Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, based at the Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne.  He is also Head, Developmental Neuropsychiatry Program within the Royal Children's Hospital Mental Health service.  Alasdair has published extensively in the disruptive behaviour, mood and anxiety disorders fields and has recently begun research in the nexus between Indigenous and Western ways of ‘being and doing’ with respect to health.  He has a particular interest in how key biological and environmental risk and resilience factors can be identified and optimally managed.