Dr Dougal Sutherland: Umbrella Wellbeing psychologist on tenfold increase in ADHD medicine prescriptions and shortage of specialists - The Mike Hosking Breakfast

More adult Kiwis are receiving ADHD medicine than ever before. 

There's been a tenfold increase in the amount dispensed for adults between 2006 and 2022, today's Medical Journal study has revealed. 

0.6% of the adult population are receiving treatment, although 2.6% of adults are estimated to have the condition. 

Clinical psychologist for Umbrella Wellbeing, Dougal Sutherland told Mike Hosking the study highlights the shortage of specialists. 

He says people would be very lucky to get an ADHD assessment as an adult in New Zealand's public mental health system currently. 

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