Acknowledgements
Competing interests Disclaimer The authors would like to extend their gratitude to the following colleagues for their peer review and constructive input in the writing of these guidelines: Dr Wendy Duncan, Dr Stacey Kretzmer, Dr Kedi Motingoe, Dr Fiona Schulte, Prof Andre Venter and Dr Merryn Young. Competing interests The authors declare that they have no financial or personal relationships that
The authors would like to extend their gratitude to the following colleagues for their peer review and constructive input in the writing of these guidelines: Dr Wendy Duncan, Dr Stacey Kretzmer, Dr Kedi Motingoe, Dr Fiona Schulte, Prof Andre Venter and Dr Merryn Young.
Competing interests
The authors declare that they have no financial or personal relationships that may have inappropriately influenced them in writing this article. Dr Belsham serves on the pharmaceutical advisory boards of Adcock Ingram and Acino. He has received honoraria, sponsorships and speakers’ fees from Takeda, Sanofi, Viatris and Adcock Ingram. Dr Kelly serves on the pharmaceutical advisory board of Adcock Ingram and has received honoraria, sponsorships and speakers’ fees from Adcock Ingram and Viatris. Prof. Schoeman serves on the South African Ministerial Advisory Committee for Mental Health, where she chairs the subcommittee for Child, Adolescent and Family Mental Health. She is also a member of the pharmaceutical advisory boards of Adcock Ingram and Acino and has received honoraria, sponsorships and speakers’ fees from Acino, Adcock Ingram, Dr Reddy’s, PharmaDynamics, Sandoz and Viatris.
Authors’ contributions
B.B., L.K. and R.S. were involved in the conceptualisation, methods and writing of the manuscript. In addition, R.S. was involved in the visualisation and project administration.
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Belsham B, Kelly L, Schoeman R_The SASOP/PsychMg child and adolescent attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder guidelines_South African Journal of Psychiatry; 25 February 2025