Welcome to our ADHD Medication Initiation e-Platform
This page is relevant for parents/guardians of young people under Brent CAMHS who have recently been diagnosed with ADHD. We hope the information in these pages will assist you with making a decision about starting medication for ADHD.
Please watch these videos below.
Our first medication video includes:
- What we expect it to achieve
- How it works
- What medication we use first-line
- Different preparations and forms
- Side effects
This video also has subtitles in Arabic, Gujarati and Romanian. To activate subtitles, once the video loads, click 'cc' on the bottom right panel of the video.
After watching this video, please watch our second video below.
Our second medication video includes:
- What tests we do before
- How we adjust the dose
- How we monitor medication
This video also has subtitles in Arabic, Gujarati and Romanian. To activate subtitles, once the video loads, click 'cc' on the bottom right panel of the video.
In our third medication video, a former young person under our service and his mother share their experiences with being prescribed medication for ADHD.
This video also has subtitles in Arabic, Gujarati and Romanian. To activate subtitles, once the video loads, click 'cc' on the bottom right panel of the video.
Thank you for watching these videos, please look at our next page which has a Q&A.
Finally, please visit the Medication Section to let us know whether you would like to be invited in for an appointment to start medication. If you do, you’ll be asked to complete a Physical Health Form.
We also have a Useful Websites section with links for further reading.