ADHD World Federation – From Child to Adult Disorder
International Consensus Statement

The World Federation of ADHD International Consensus Statement

The World Federation of ADHD published an International Consensus Statement in 2021. 

Here, world leading experts in the area of ADHD, such as Stephen Faraone, Tobias Banaschewski, David Coghill, Yi Zheng, Joseph Biederman, Mark Bellgrove, Jeffrey Newcorn, Martin Gignac, Iris Manor, Luis Rohde, Samuele Cortese et al., many of them board members of the World Federation of ADHD, state that misconceptions about ADHD stigmatizes affected people, reduce credibility of providers and prevent or delay treatment. 

By reviewing specific literature, i. e. 208 empirically supported statements about ADHD, they curated findings with strong evidence base. The authors highlight that most cases of ADHD are caused by the combined effects of many genetic and environmental risks and that there a small differences in the brain between people with and without ADHD. Moreover, untreated ADHD can lead to many adverse outcomes and it costs the society hundreds of billions of dollars each year worldwide.

The International Consensus Statement is now available in 10 languages

If, after reading...

... the International Consensus Statement, you approve its contents, please join as a signatory by emailing Prof. Faraone to svfaraone@upstate.edu

 

The International Consensus Statement is available in Arabic, Catalan, Chinese, English, French, German, Italian, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, and Turkish language.

Welsh Translation of the ICS Abstract

 

We would like to thank the translators for their efforts.

Arabic version courtesy of:

  • Saudi ADHD Society

Translation:

  • Dr Hussain AlTaweel, Psychiatrist
  • Marwah Behisi, Psychologist

Editing:

  • Prof. Mohammed M.J. Alqahtani
  • Jeremy Varnham

Translator of the Catalan version:

Juan Pérez Caro
President of the Catalan Federation 
of Associations of Relatives and Affected by ADHD
Sabadell, Spain

Translators of the Chinese version:

Xuping Gao
Peking University Sixth Hospital
Beijing, People's Republic of China

Ning Wang
Peking University Sixth Hospital
Beijing, People's Republic of China

Rao Xie
Peking University Sixth Hospital
Beijing, People's Republic of China

Yilu Zhao
Peking University Sixth Hospital
Beijing, People's Republic of China

Fuxi Zhangkang
Peking University Sixth Hospital
Beijing, People's Republic of China

Zhao Fu
Peking University Sixth Hospital
Beijing, People's Republic of China

Yirong Liu
Peking University Sixth Hospital
Beijing, People's Republic of China

Edited by: 
Li Yang
Peking University Sixth Hospital
Beijing, People's Republic of China

Li Chen
Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University 
People's Republic of China

Translators of the French version:

Diane Purper-Ouakil MD, PhD
University of Montpellier, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Montpellier,
Hôpital Saint Eloi, Montpellier, France
INSERM CESP U 1018 Psychiatry, Development and Trajectories, 
University of Saclay, France

Hervé CACI, MD, PhD
Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist
Pediatric Department
Hôpitaux Pédiatriques de Nice CHU Lenval
57, avenue de la Californie, Nice, France

Christine Gétin
President, French ADHD Patients organization
HyperSupers TDAH, France

François Pinabel, MD
Psychiatrist
Attaché à La Pitié Salpêtrière
Paris, France

Jacques Bouchez
Neurodevelopmental Disorders – ADHD Centre
GHU Psychiatry and Neurosciences - Paris
1rue Cabanis, Paris, France

Prof. Franck J. Baylé
Paris University and School of Medicine
Past Chair of Psychiatry, HDR, INSERM U1153, 
Statistic and epidemiologic research center Sorbonne Paris Cité (CRESS), ECSTRRA team, Sainte-Anne Hospital - GHU Paris Psychiatrie et Neurosciences, France

Translators of the German version:

Michaela Junghänel
M.Sc. Neurowissenschaften; M.Sc. Psychologie
Ausbildungsinstitut für Kinder- Jugendlichenpsychotherapie 
an der Universitätsklinik Köln (AKiP)
Cologne, Germany

Univ.-Prof. Dr. Manfred Döpfner, Dipl.-Psych.
Ausbildungsinstitut für Kinder- Jugendlichenpsychotherapie 
an der Universitätsklinik Köln (AKiP)
Cologne, Germany

Translators of the Italian version:

Alberto Anedda, Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist – Psychotherapist 
Centro Lucio Bini Cagliari, Italy

Paolo Di Pasqua
Charge Nurse band 7
Emergency Department Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital 
United Kingdom

Letizia Freschi, Master Degree in International Relations
Rome, Italy

Chiara Gori, Neurologist
UO Riabilitazione Specialistica 
Casa di Cura Ambrosiana
Cesano Boscone, Milan, Italy

Anna Maria Sbordone, Paediatric Resident
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Rome, Italy

Luca Sbordone
PhD in Linguistics at the University of Cambridge, United Kingdom;
BA and MA in Philosophy at the Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa, Italy

Patrizia Stacconi
President of Italian Association Families ADHD Onlus, Italy

Special thanks for the review of the document:
Samuele Cortese, Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
University of Southampton;
Honorary Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist,
Solent NHS Trust, United Kingdom

Translator of the Romanian version:

Andrei Hodorog, PhD
Research Associate, Cardiff University
Founder, About ADHD Romania

Cosmin-Adrian Ungureanu, MD
Psychiatrist

Translator of the Russian version:

Ivan A. Martynikhin, MD, PhD
Department of Psychiatry, 
First Pavlov State Medical University of St. Petersburg, Russia

Tatyana A. Mudrakova
First Pavlov State Medical University of St. Petersburg, Russia

Translators of the Spanish version:

Xavier A Gastaminza, MD MSc
U. Paidopsychiatry
Hospital Infantil i de la Dona Vall d´Hebron. 
UAB
Barcelona
Spain

Prof. J. Antoni Ramos-Quiroga, MD, PhD
Head of Department of Psychiatry
CIBERSAM
Hospital Universitari Vall d’Hebron
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona 
Barcelona
Spain

Translator of the Swedish version and the Swedish version easy read:

Sven Bölte
Professor of Child & Adolescent Psychiatric Science, PhD
Head of Neuropsychiatry Division, Director of the Center for Neurodevelopmental Disorders at Karolinska Institutet;
Center for Psychiatry Research, Dept. of Women's & Children's Health,
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Stockholm, Sweden

Translator of the Swedish version easy read:

Eric Zander, PhD
Center of Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Department of Women's and Children's Health, Centre for Psychiatry Research, Karolinska Institutet & Region Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden
Lund University, Medical Faculty, Department of Clinical Sciences, Helsingborg & Region Skåne, Sweden

Translator of the Turkish version:

Hakan Karaş, MD
Psychiatrist
Department of Psychology,
Istanbul Gelişim University, Turkey

Coordination of the Welsh summary:

Anita Thapar, FRCPsych PhD
Division of Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neurosciences
Cardiff University
Wales, United Kingdom