Adult attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder and child protection: review of evidence and child safeguarding guidelines

James Jeffs, Sally Cubbin, Kiriakos Xenitidis
2012 The Psychiatrist  
This paper takes a broad view of the challenges to parenting faced by adults with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Issues in risk assessment are discussed. We place these in the context of the published UK national guidelines on child safeguarding for professionals working with parents who have mental disorders, and consider how this may inform practice in this field.
doi:10.1192/pb.bp.110.033175 fatcat:pddxu26f3falpiabdf6aqo3agq