CANDAL is unique because unlike other research groups that typically focus on a single disorder either in children or adults, this centre studies these conditions in combination and across the lifespan. 

Here are some of our recent research findings: 

• We have reported (in the Lancet Psychiatry) that younger primary school children are more likely to be diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) than their older peers within the same school year, indicating a bias in ADHD diagnosis
• We have shown (in the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders) that children with autism spectrum conditions, including those with co-occurring ADHD symptoms, process eye gaze differently from children without autism symptoms, suggesting a neural basis for the social communication impairments in these children
• In the journal European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, we reported that individually-delivered behavioural intervention for ADHD costs less than group delivered interventions, although this difference may be reduced when implemented into clinical practice. Clinical decisions should take into account parental preferences between delivery approaches.