Developmental%20Neuro-psychiatric%20Disorder

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ADHD and developmental neuropsychiatry
Dr. Ernest S L Luk Adjunct Professor Department
of Psychiatry The Chinese University of Hong Kong
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Developmental Neuro-psychiatric Disorder

• Developmental onset in childhood and as the
  person grows from childhood to adolescence and
  adulthood, their handicaps and needs change.
• Neurological strong biological component that
  affects the neurological functioning
• Psychiatric impairs the thinking, emotion,
  behaviour and relationship of the person.

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Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

• Biological psychological and social model
• Follows developmental principle
• Working closely with the family and the school
• Scientific basis of the functioning of the mind
  thinking, emotion, behaviour and relationship
• Physician of the mind

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Common developmental neuro-psychiatric disorders

• Autistic Disorders and other Autistic Spectrum
  disorder
• Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
• Specific Learning Disorder

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Examples

• Professor Michael Rutter edited a book on
  Developmental Neuro-psychiatry (1983)
• Professor Eric Taylors title is Professor in
  Developmental Neuropsychiatry

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Stigma attached to psychiatry

• Abnormal
• Unpredictable
• Aggressive
• Dangerous
• Weak
• Excuse to be lazy
• Cannot be understood

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Fighting the stigma

• Enormous advance in our knowledge about how the
  brain function, the mind function and how the
  brain and mind interact and how psychological and
  social factors affects the mind.
• Psychiatry refers to a branch of medicine that
  specializes on the understanding of the above.
• To put a stigma on psychiatry is to say that we
  only have brains but no minds

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ADHD and Stigma

• A community that does not understand or accept
  the condition will make it harder for individuals
  with ADHD to get help and lead a normal life.

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ADHD and Stigma

• ADHD is a myth
• ADHD stands for naughty children
• ADHD is an excuse for laziness
• ADHD stands for bad parenting
• Taking medication is harming children
• Taking medication is taking an easy way out
• Medication is the magical solution Have you
  forgotten your medication ?