‘We should be careful about prescribing these drugs willy-nilly’: Prof Simon Willcock on GP treatment of ADHD

Respected GP Professor Simon Willcock says the difficulty in ADHD diagnosis and treatment is distinguishing variance from pathology.
Professor Simon Willcock.

“A non-medical colleague contacted me recently to ask whether his son doing a school exam could have a Ritalin prescription.”

“He said his son tried a mate’s prescription and it helped him focus.