ADHD Assessment in Waterford

ADHD Assessment in Waterford:

Expert Diagnosis and Treatment at The ADHD Centre

Welcome to The ADHD Centre, your trusted partner for ADHD assessments and treatment in Waterford. Our team of experienced clinicians is dedicated to providing the highest quality care and support to people living with ADHD. From expert diagnostics to multifaceted treatment plans – our expert ADHD specialists provide unfaltering support and private care for people with ADHD in and around the Waterford area.

Dr. Priya Chowdhury

GMC: 6067341

Adult Consultant Psychiatrist

General adult psychiatrist with extensive NHS experience.
Assesses, diagnoses, and treats ADHD privately.
Experienced with anxiety, depression, bipolar, OCD, PTSD comorbidities.

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Dr. Ahmad Mahmoud

GMC: 6137803

Adult Consultant Psychiatrist

Royal College Psychiatry Fellow and NHS Clinical Director.
Received NHS Clinical Excellence Awards for patient care.
Experienced assessing ADHD, anxiety, bipolar, depression, OCD, PTSD.

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Dr. Baljit Upadhyay

GMC: 6103900

Adult Consultant Psychiatrist

Associate Clinical Director and ADHD services lead consultant.
Experienced assessing and treating patients with ADHD.
Manages ADHD with anxiety, bipolar, depression, OCD, PTSD.

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Dr. Mukesh Kripalani

GMC: 6034252

Lead Adult Consultant Psychiatrist

Adult clinical lead with senior Royal College representation.
Received Clinical Excellence Awards from multiple NHS trusts.
Published work cited over 100 times academically.

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Dr. Ahmad Mahmoud

GMC: 6137803

Adult Consultant Psychiatrist

Royal College Psychiatry Fellow with UCL research MSc.
Received NHS Clinical Excellence Award for patient care.
Experienced managing ADHD and complex psychiatric comorbidities.

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Dr. Ankur Kumar

GMC: 6166586

Adult Consultant Psychiatrist

Consultant adult psychiatrist and Medical Director for Priory.
Special interest in supporting high-functioning individuals clinically.
Helps elite athletes function at their optimum level.

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Dr. Tawakalitu Kehinde

GMC: 6162876

Consultant Psychiatrist in Learning Disabilities

Holds CCT in Psychiatry of Intellectual Disability.
Teaches neurodevelopmental disorders and intellectual disabilities to undergraduates.
Published academic work on intellectual disability therapies.

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Dr. Robert Schapira

GMC: 3091997

Adult Consultant Psychiatrist

Senior consultant specialising in adult ADHD and neurodiversity.
Over 30 years’ experience diagnosing cognitive and emotional challenges.
Treats ADHD, autism, bipolar disorder, and anxiety.

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Dr. Hossein Rostamipour

GMC: 7027651

Adult Consultant Psychiatrist

Consultant psychiatrist at South London and Maudsley NHS Trust.
Visiting consultant at Priory and Brain Health Clinic.
Uses women’s health training to understand ADHD presentations.

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Dr Anya Ciobanca

GMC: 6161552

Child and Adolescent Consultant Psychiatrist

Visiting child and adolescent consultant psychiatrist at Cambridge University.
Provides complex communication training for medical students.

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Dr. Ashish Kumar

GMC: 6033322

MBBS FRCPsych

Royal College Psychiatry Fellow and Chair of Chairs.
Associate Medical Director at Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust.
Honorary Clinical Lecturer at the University of Liverpool.

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Dr. Catherine Muyeba

GMC: 5194758

Adult Consultant Psychiatrist

Regional lead consultant psychiatrist in North West England.
Specialist in adult, addiction, and ADHD psychiatry.
Experienced with substance misuse in adults and young persons.

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Dr. Arifur Rahman

GMC: 6054147

Adult Consultant Psychiatrist

Regional lead consultant for Lancashire addiction services.
Clinical Lead for the Liaison Psychiatry Service at South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust
PhD in Psychopharmacology and Neuroimaging

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Dr. Hamid Reza Rahmanian

GMC: 6117971

Adult Consultant Psychiatrist

Associate Clinical Director for Sutton Community Mental Health Services.
Provides senior clinical leadership within community mental health.

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Dr. Matthew Kelleher

GMC: 7074232

Adult Consultant Psychiatrist

Royal College of Psychiatrists member and former Medical Director.
GMC-approved specialist in substance misuse psychiatry.
Special interest in women’s ADHD and occupational psychiatry.

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Dr. Hadi Shaker Naeeni

GMC: 6035469

Child and Adolescent Consultant Psychiatrist

Royal College Psychiatry Fellow and NHS lead consultant.
Specialist in ADHD, autism, and neurodevelopmental disorders.
Experienced with anxiety, mood, sleep, and tic disorders.

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Dr. Femi Balogun

GMC: 5187851

Child and Adolescent Consultant Psychiatrist

Professor of child and adolescent psychiatry at New Anglia University.
Honorary senior clinical lecturer at King’s College London.
NHS director of medical education with paediatrics diploma.

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Dr. Anand Ragunathan

GMC: 4696056

Adult Consultant Psychiatrist

Consultant in general adult psychiatry and neuropsychiatry.
Works across rehabilitation, liaison, and intensive psychiatric care.
Supervises trainees and Cambridge University medical students.

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Dr. Chris Kalafatis

GMC: 6073739

Adult and Old Age Consultant Psychiatrist

Consultant psychiatrist at South London and Maudsley NHS Trust.
King’s College London affiliate leading cognitive psychiatry research.
Focuses on translational and cognitive psychiatry clinical research.

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Dr. Abbass Mohammadinasab

GMC: 6096584

Adult Consultant Psychiatrist

Lead consultant psychiatrist in a South London community team.
Involved in psychiatric research, audits, and professional education.
Specialises in ADHD, depression, bipolar, and anxiety disorders.

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Dr. Parveen Sharma

GMC : 6131971

Adult Consultant Psychiatrist

Advises ACOMHS on community mental health service standards.
Supports Royal College regional quality and workforce standards.

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Dr. Rupalim Saikia

GMC: 6069160

Child and Adolescent Consultant Psychiatris

NHS consultant with 19 years of clinical experience.
Specialises in ADHD, autism, and neurodevelopmental disorders.
Experienced with tic, mood, anxiety, and OCD comorbidities.

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Dr Parviz Bahadoran

GMC: 6085133

Adult Consultant Psychiatrist

Consultant liaison psychiatrist and neuropsychiatrist at Sussex Partnership.
Special interest in adult ADHD management in women.
Experienced in Tourette Disorder assessment and clinical management.

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Dr. Hareem Siddiqui

GMC: 6098908

Adult Consultant Psychiatrist

Experienced NHS consultant in general adult psychiatry.
Specialises in ADHD and women’s ADHD presentations.
Experienced with menopause, perimenopause, and perinatal mental health.

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Dr. Ilyas Mirza

GMC: 4371508

Adult Consultant Psychiatrist

NHS consultant with over 20 years’ experience.
Held honorary academic roles at leading institutions.
Research Director and Royal College Deputy Regional Advisor.

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Dr. Saira Tareen

GMC: 6033179

Child and Adolescent Consultant Psychiatrist

Honorary Senior Lecturer at St George’s, University of London.
Supports academic teaching alongside child psychiatry practice.

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Dr Saleem Tareen

GMC: 5204451

Adult Consultant Psychiatrist

Royal College Psychiatry Fellow awarded MBE for services.
Former lead psychiatrist for adult autism diagnostic services.
Clinical director at Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust.

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Dr. Ajay Mansingh

GMC: 6084523

Adult Consultant Psychiatrist

Consultant psychiatrist endorsed in liaison psychiatry.
Trained on Bartholomew’s and Royal London Psychiatry Scheme.
Special interest in ADHD, autism, and sleep disorders.

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Dr. Prathibha Rao

GMC: 5204588

Adult Consultant Psychiatrist

Royal College Regional Advisor for the North East.
Associate Director for postgraduate medical education in NHS trust.
Founded regional UK Adult ADHD network for professionals.

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Dr. Arshad Faridi

GMC: 6053859

Child and Adolescent Consultant Psychiatrist

Lead child and adolescent psychiatrist for NHS ADHD services.
Experienced assessing ADHD with autism and emotional comorbidities.
Treats anxiety, depression, panic, trauma, and attachment disorders.

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Dr. Amir Tari

GMC: 6051295

Adult Consultant Psychiatrist

Medical director for a prestigious private hospital.
Lead consultant psychiatrist for Adult ADHD Service locally.
Experienced managing ADHD with complex psychiatric comorbidities.

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Dr. Debra Keay

GMC: 4535380

Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist MBBS MRCPsych

ADHD clinical lead for a London-based NHS Trust.
Experienced in child and adolescent ADHD clinical services.

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Latest Evidence-Based Treatments Available

What is the ADHD Medication?

Stimulants are the doctor’s first choice when it comes to giving a prescription to their patients. This is because it helps calm the individuals who have ADHD. It takes in a form of a skin patch, capsule, pill or liquid and usually lasts up to 4 to 12 hours at most.

However, stimulants do not work for everyone. If this is the case, then, non-stimulants are given to the patient.

Non-stimulants prescribed to those patients who are sleepless and agitated.

There are also instances where doctor prescribe Antidepressants, especially when the patient has a mood disorder, anxiety, or depression.

What are the benefits of ADHD Medication?

Although Medication for ADHD has helped our clients in several ways, most especially in managing symptoms for ADHD. Medications cannot cure ADHD.

They only help the patients control their emotions and to stay focused. This is why doctors recommend that their patients to take medication during their therapy.

Medications do not work for everyone for the cause that every person has different needs. This is why a physician should be closely monitoring during the patient’s medication.

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What is CBT?

CBT is the acronym for Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. It is a manner of treatment created to improve an individual’s happiness through modifying their dysfunctional behaviours, thoughts and emotions. It is aimed to educate the client that their negative thoughts can be their impediment in unlocking their ultimate potentials.

What is Coaching?

Coaching is an intervention given to individuals who have ADHD to help them stay focused on a task while giving encouragements along the way. It targets to improve an individual’s time management, planning, goal setting, organisation and problem solving.

Some circumstances calls for both CBT and Coaching to be combined. The evidence gathered from studies conducted shows that combining the two will give best results.

ADHD Centre, UK leaders In private adhd assessment and treatment

What are the benefits of ADHD Coaching?

Our Coaching for ADHD culminated exceptional results in our client’s daily life and functioning. The focus of our coaches is to improve the client’s daily experiences through teaching them new skills which includes:

Increasing Focus through neglecting possible distractions
Tuning their sleeping patterns
Improve their decision making
Controlling their impulsive behaviour
Make a healthy relationship with their personal and professional life

Our clients have learned how to deal with their problems that involve self-management through our behaviour specialist coaches. These are the problems that individuals with ADHD often experience:

Keeping their Motivation
Time Management
Finishing Work on time
Keeping their Focus
Impulsivity
Less Social Skills

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Well Being

It is common knowledge that one must take care of themselves. One of the ways of taking care of ourselves is by exercising.

The release of the hormone called dopamine is increased whenever we exercise. This simply means that whenever the person with ADHD exercises, their dopamine is increased, therefore improving their focus and attention span.

Endorphins are also released during an excessive exercise. These hormones are the body’s response to pain. Endorphins help soothe the pain, thus giving our body that ‘good-feeling’ and euphoria after we exercise.

What is Mindfulness Meditation?

It is an alternative treatment for ADHD where an individual gives an extra attention to their thoughts, emotions and other body sensations.

How can Mindfulness help those who have ADHD?

Mindfulness Meditation helps develop the patient’s skills such as managing their attention and managing their focus. Not only that, it also helps the patient to be aware of their emotional state. If the patient is aware of their emotional state, their tendency to react impulsively is lessened, which is the common problem for those individuals who have ADHD.

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FAQs

The ADHD Centre was set up in 2009 and is a UK based private health care service that specialises in the evidence-based diagnosis and treatment of ADHD. We have a dedicated and expertly picked team of ADHD specialist Psychiatrists, Psychologists and Behavioural Coaches ready to help you get on top of your symptoms and start flourishing in all areas of your life.

Assessments are undertaken by Consultant Psychiatrists (not psychologists) who specialise in ADHD in adults and / or children with ADHD.

Following your assessment we will send you, via secure email, a detailed report from your Consultant Psychiatrist, outlining any diagnosis and treatment plan details. We will aim to send this within 2 weeks of your assessment.

The ADHD Centre’s guidelines for diagnosis of ADHD are based on the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-V), widely used in clinical practice, research and in the psychological society.

The ADHD Centre offers online and face-to-face adult and child ADHD assessment.

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ADHD Assessment in Waterford:

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