A Royal College of Psychiatrists' conference, which starts today in Liverpool, will be presented with research by Dr Sheheryar Jovindah, a consultant in child and adolescent psychiatry at Mount Gould Hospital in Plymouth. Dr Jovindah surveyed 95 teachers from six Plymouth primary schools about their attitudes and perceptions of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in children.
Only 35 per cent of the teachers responding said they had received any training in understanding and managing ADHD behaviour.
The survey found that a majority were unclear about both the origins of ADHD and the issues surrounding it.
Fewer than one in ten of the teachers knew that ADHD could have genetic origins.
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