The British Journal of Developmental Disabilities                                       
Vol. 45, Part 1, JANUARY 1999, No. 88,  63-68

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USE OF METHYLPHENIDATE IN A YOUNG ADULT WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY AND ATTENTION-DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER: A SINGLE CASE REPORT

S. P. Thalayasingam

 

Summary

The precise role and effectiveness of stimulants in adults with ADHD has yet to be fully established, and further research is required, but the above case report demonstrates that the use of MPH in an adult with learning disability and ADHD was associated with significant amelioration of his disabling symptoms, with subsequent improvement in his behaviour and quality of life.

 

*S. P. Thalayasingam, MRCPsych.
Senior Registrar in Psychiatry of Intellectual Disability, Eric Shepherd Unit, Woodside Road, Abbots Langley, Herts. WD5 0HT England
Telephone: 0044 (0)1923 681948

* For Correspondence