CADDAC ’S ADHD And Substance Use Disorder Peer-Led Support Groups

This is great news by CADDAC and Health Canada to create ADHD and substance use disorder peer-led support groups in the fall. They’re looking now for peer support facilitators now with lived experience who are willing to be trained and run them. Will be offered a stipend for their time. Hope people with ADHD ask their MLAs to get provincial health departments to create ADHD and substance use disorder (SUD) peer-led support groups too. ADHD people are 4-8 times + more likely to have SUD. Provinces should also require ALL rehabs to screen for ADHD. Every BC rehab I’ve asked at community events in Vancouver does not:( Also, all recovery homes should screen for ADHD. Provincial governments should also demand all doctors, psychiatrists and psychologists and therapists to screen all patients with substance abuse disorder for ADHD too.   Many doctors etc are not properly trained in diagnosing and treating ADHD. The provincial governments in Canada (and provincial and state governments around the world) discriminate against the human rights of adults and kids with ADHD and violate the Canadian Medicare Act, access, by refusing to require ALL doctors to have #MandatoryCMECoursesOnADHD. Please explain to your MLA/MPP/MNA why this is important. Because of this, there are huge rates of people with ADHD who are undiagnosed or misdiagnosed with depression and anxiety etc, and some of them are self-medicating their ADHD with dopamine boosting, and often deadly or disabling ...
Source: Adult ADD Strengths - Category: Psychiatry Authors: Tags: ADD / ADHD Addictions Source Type: blogs