What it is doing to improve specialist mental health services for people with a range of neurodevelopmental disorders.

Initial developments, led by a consultant psychiatrist from NHS Lothian, is underway and includes:
Developing advice on mainstreaming models of treatment of ADHD within general adult mental health services;
Drawing on professional and academic networks to identify opportunities to educate and inform wider workforce of service needs of people with developmental disorders, including ADHD;
Developing advice on current best practice for prescribing for people with ADHD;
Aligning this work with Autism Strategy to improve diagnosis, intervention and support to people with ASD in mainstream mental health services;
Developing advice on training requirements for NHS staff to achieve the above and contribute to development and delivery of training via contacts with NES;
Exploring links with Criminal Justice to improve support for people with developmental disorders such as ADHD presenting in crisis and who go on to offend;
Developing collaboration with the voluntary sector to assist in development of peer support for people with developmental disorders presenting in adult mental health services.
The Mental Health Strategy sets out activity that will be delivered during the period 2012-15. Implementation of commitments is planned to take place across this period, with some already completed, some underway, and others being delivered later in the strategy’s timescale.