Following the addition of Dr. Annie McCloud to Kenward Trust, we are pleased to announce our partnership with Sinclair-Strong Consultants for the assessment and treatment for residents with neurodiverse co-occurring conditions.
With the increase in ADHD diagnosis and waiting lists, Kenward Trust is seeing more people referred to their residential rehab looking for treatment to overcome addiction who potentially have ADHD but have not had a diagnosis.
With this in mind Dr Annie McCloud, approached Sinclair-Strong Consultants to see if a partnership could be achieved to resolve this issue.
Dr. Annie McCloud commented, Consultant Addictions Psychiatrist, Kenward Trust: ‘ADHD is one of the most common mental health issues co-existing with addictions. Up to 1: 3 people with significant addiction issues may have ADHD.
We now know that effective assessment and treatment of AHDH significantly improves outcomes for people with addiction, across a wide range of indicators (treatment completion and abstinence rates, mental health/ self-harm, offending rates).
However, assessment and treatment of ADHD is often severely limited in the community, especially for people with active addiction. Residential rehab is an excellent opportunity to assess and initiate treatment for ADHD. I am therefore very excited to link our expertise in this area with our Kent based colleagues Sinclair-Strong Consultants.’