It has been tremendously exciting to have the opportunity of editing this focus issue on ADHD. Although, between us, we have several hundred patient years of experience in managing ADHD, reading these papers has taught us so much.
ADHD is a complex condition. We have endeavoured to cover as wide a range as we could, both in terms of the authorship and in terms of the subject matter. As well as having papers from some of the leading international doctors in the field we have excellent contributions representing parents, teachers, psychologists, support workers and others. It would be impossible, in a brief editorial, to summarise the wonderful content in all of the 30 papers but there are certain themes that have arisen consistently.