ADHDUK podcast

We are joined by the tremendous Kelly Jarvis- ex-headteacher and head of consultancy at Sunshine Support, to discuss what her organisation calls school avoidance, and the rest of the system calls school refusal. After this conversation, I'm with Kelly! We also talk about the challenge of translating diagnosis to strategies, and what burn out is (and isn't)

a re-upload with better audio! Ash Ruddy, Chief Growth Officer for Neuly AI, discusses the AI companion app for parents of neurodivergent children. Ash describes everything that goes into the system, and the saefguards built in, before we talk about sustainability, agreeableness, accountability and evaluation. AI is a contentious topic, and we have tried to do it justice in this very specific application. If you want to try out neuly, there's a free trial at https://dev.neuly.ai/adhduk

We are joined by David Levy from https://adhdcounselling.uk/ to talk about the usefulness of counselling in people's ADHD journey, and the difficulty of fitting this into the medical narrative. We also talk about his brilliant mental health fanzine https://theframemagazine.co.uk/ which I strongly recommend

We are joined by Amelia Draper from Changing Futures Nottingham to talk about the complex relationship between ADHD and homelessness, and what we can do to support people in their journeys to prevent this outcome. See https://www.nottinghamcvs.co.uk/projects/practice-development-unit/learning-series/neurodivergence for more!

All three of us for this one, as we take on the Channel 4 documentary "The great ADHD myth?" https://www.channel4.com/press/news/new-channel-4-documentary-great-adhd-myth-seeks-determine-whether-adhd-genuine If you have been affected by the documentary there is support at ADHDUK, and we also have survey! https://adhduk.co.uk/challenging-c4-the-great-adhd-myth/reaction-survey/

We are delighted to be joined by two researchers from University College Dublin who have taken a systematic view of the data on adult ADHD diagnosis, a subject close to all our hearts! It's a wide-ranging chat with a great celebratory moment at the end! Their paper, for those who want to dig in, is here: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42216788/ The rumpelstiltskin paper is also open access: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC13150541/ Science is great, isn't it?

Something a little different this week! We are planning to launch a new feed for our ADHD ambassadors to share their lived experience, and as a preview of this, and to celebrate Pride, here is a conversation with Dhiren and Kathleen about the intersection of ADHD and LGBT+ idenitities! Back to normal programming next week!

We welcome Dean Paton, founder and CEO of Big Heritage, to talk about his journey with ADHD, his passion for history and archaeology, and how he ended up owning a U-Boat! Check out the great stuff they are doing at https://bigheritage.co.uk/ Donate at www.adhd.co.uk/donate

Max is joined by Sarah Rudebeck, who studied memory as a clinical psychologist, noticed how many bad products there are out there to support memory (or not) and decided to build her own! The paper we talk about is https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7210977/

We are joined by Mark Pattinson, CEO of CareADHD , to talk about innovation in running ADHD services, right to choose and the future of ADHD care. We also welcome a new presenter to the team, Jamie Gordon! That's it for this week. More soon!

We are delighted to welcome two of our junior ambassadors to the pod, to talk about their experience as young people supporting the charity. Go to https://adhduk.co.uk/adhd-uk-ambassadors/ to find out more about the scheme.

Do not adjust your set! We have rebranded to the ADHDUK podcast. We will still cover the science of ADHD but alongside news and interviews from the wider world of ADHD. We also welcome a new co-host, the amazing Lauren Jennings! But where is Tess? Listen to find out!

Our last episode for a while... Max talks to Dr Blandine French, who not only found a problem (lack of knowledge in UK doctors about ADHD), she got up and did something about it! She's remarkable, and you can find out all about her at https://ndlab.org.uk/ Bye for now!

Max is joined by a brilliant double-act, Eve and Helena, who have explored the experience of late-diagnosed women, both from the inside and outside! The paper is here. The additional data is here. The episode that Eve liked was with Callie Ginapp, and is here On Bluesky... Eve can be found at ‪@chimpanzeve.bsky.social Helena is ‪@hkobayashiwood.bsky.social‬ Max is also on there somewhere...

Max and Tess are joined by Catherine Fava, Clinical Psychologist at Buckinghamshire CAMHS, to talk about her upcoming book about trauma and ADHD. How does trauma manifest? How can it look like ADHD? Should we be flipping the way we approach assessment and treatment in these children? Tess tries to open the can of worms which is the whole 'what is ADHD?' question- we have covered that before: https://zencastr.com/z/Mc2qvzd5 Enjoy!

Delighted to welcome Robin Ince, legendary comedian and lovely man, to the pod. Robin's new book, Normally Weird and Weirdly Normal, is out today!!

Max is joined by Stephen Becker, Professor of Pediatrics at Cincinnati, about the fascinating Cognitive Disengagement Syndrome, a condition that is both in some ways the opposite of ADHD, but also commonly co-exists. If you want to know more, Stephen has made a lot of the work on this open access- here for example: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36007816/ Also, we discover what NFL team Tess supports....

Max is joined by Isabella Barclay to talk about what factors lead to children getting an earlier vs later diagnosis- or even a diagnosis at all. Isabella is a passionate advocate for ADHD, and needs to be listened to!

Max is joined by Julia McQuade from Amhurst College, USA. Julia has published this paper: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10802-024-01237-2 She studied the regulation of positive emotion in adolescents with ADHD, and found that control of these emotions predicted social success. Max unpicks the implications of this and tries to to get too depressed about it!

Is ADHD a superpower? Is that a helpful way of talking about it. Our guest, once again Dr Tom Nicholson, has done actual research on the positives of ADHD, as experienced by ADHD people ourselves! Catch up with Tom on social media or at https://www.drtomnicholson.com/