Introduction to Special Issue: ADHD Research in a Canadian Context

摘要

We are pleased to introduce this special issue on Attention-Deficit/HyperactivityDisorder (ADHD).The Journal of the Canadian Academy of Child and AdolescentPsychiatry is committed to maintaining a Canadianperspective on child mental health including children diagnosedwith the highly complex disorder of ADHD. Recentaccounts suggest that diagnostic stability across time, etiologicalrisk factors, multimodal treatments and diagnosticand symptomatic heterogeneity associated with the disorderpose critical challenges for scientists and clinicians alike(Posner, Polanczyk & Sonuga-Barke, 2020). It is becomingincreasingly apparent that in order to advance our clinicalapproaches with emerging evidences, greater collaborationand integration is needed. This special issue represents animportant interdisciplinary integration of clinicians (suchas, psychiatry, psychology and nursing) working withADHD affected children and Canadian research collaboratorsrepresenting different organizations (universities,hospitals and non-profit groups); all in an effort to bringtogether and bridge practitioners and scientists.