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NSW GPs to diagnose ADHD from 2026

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The NSW government has announced reforms allowing general practitioners to diagnose ADHD and prescribe medication from next year onwards.

This comes amidst an unprecedented increase in diagnoses, especially among adults.

Marlena Holdernesse has the story.

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Wednesday, May 28 2025
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Featured in storyProf Ian Hickie, Codirector of Health and Policy at the Brain and Mind Centre at the University of SydneyProf Dave Coghill, Chair of Developmental Mental Health at the University of Melbourne and President of the Australasian ADHD Professionals AssociationJemima Kang, graduate researcher in the School of Computing and Information Systems at the University of Melbourne
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