ADHD and Depression
Join this ACAMH Expert Half-Day exploring the increasingly recognised link between ADHD and depression in children and young people. As demand on services grows and presentations become more complex, understanding how these conditions interact is becoming ever more important. This three-hour online session will bring together insights on co-occurrence, epidemiology, and treatment to support clearer assessment and more effective care. The programme offers a focused opportunity to engage with a highly relevant and evolving area of practice.
Who should attend?
This event is primarily aimed at clinicians working with children and young people, including clinical psychologists, child and adolescent psychiatrists (CAMHS), and psychological therapists, who are managing complex cases involving co-occurring ADHD and depression. It might also be relevant for academics and researchers and allied health professionals like mental health nurses and paediatricians with an interest in neurodevelopmental and mood disorders. The content is best suited for professionals with a foundational understanding of ADHD and depression who are looking to deepen their knowledge of co-occurrence, underlying mechanisms, and evidence-based clinical management.
Talk 1 by Professor Sinead Rhodes – ADHD and Depression Epidemiology
Talk 2 by Olga Eyre-Why are young people with ADHD at increased risk of developing depression?
Talk 3 by Ramya Srinivasan – Clinical Management of ADHD and Depression
Meet the Speakers
Dr. Olga Eyre – I am a clinical research fellow and child and adolescent psychiatrist based at the Wolfson Centre for Young People’s Mental Health at Cardiff University. My research to date has focused on irritability, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and depression in young people. I completed a Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Training Fellowship in 2019, which explored the link between childhood irritability and adolescent depression in young people with ADHD and other neurodevelopmental difficulties. My current role involves working on a randomised controlled trial of a group Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) intervention for the prevention of adolescent depression.
Dr. Ramya Srinivasan – I am an Associate Professor and Honorary Consultant in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. I am interested in child and adolescent mental health more broadly, and have a particular interest in mood (i.e. depressive symptoms and irritability) and neurodevelopmental conditions. I want to understand how earlier life factors may relate to future mental health, and how we can improve both preventive and treatment-focussed interventions for child and adolescent mental health problems and improve service provision. I have expertise in epidemiological research, the use of neurocognitive measures within cohort studies and am interested in clinical trials.
Prior to my current role I was a Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Fellow and undertook my PhD which investigated the role of reward processing in the relationship between childhood irritability and adolescent depression. I was previously an NIHR Academic Clinical Fellow in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry working on the IMAGINE-ID study which looked at intellectual disabilities and neurodevelopmental of genetic cause.
Programme
| 4:00 | Professor Sinead Rhodes – ADHD and Depression Epidemiology |
| 14:40 | Q&A with Professor Sinead Rhodes |
| 14:55 | Dr. Olga Eyre – Mechanisms Linking ADHD and Depression |
| 14:55 | Q&A with Dr. Olga Eyre |
| 15:50 | Refreshment and reflection |
| 16:05 | Dr. Ramya Srinivasan – Clinical Management of ADHD and Depression |
| 16:45 | Q&A with Dr. Ramya Srinivasan |
| 17:00 | Close |
- Sep 15 2026
- Expired!
- 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
