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Review The Screening-First Protocol

An invitation from Joe Barnhill to strengthen the evidence, clarify the wording, and improve the proposed approach to ADHD screening before substance-use treatment.

Read The Protocol

This is a proposal for discussion, not an official guideline. Screening is not diagnosis and must not delay urgent substance-use care. Please evaluate the original sources and applicability to your clinical setting.

Where Your Review Would Help

  1. 1. Guidelines And Studies

    Which sources are missing, outdated, or misrepresented? Are the research summaries and prevalence claims appropriately qualified?

  2. 2. Screening And Assessment

    Are the screening tools, follow-up evaluation, and timing during intoxication or withdrawal described accurately? Is the distinction between screening and diagnosis clear?

  3. 3. Treatment And Safety

    Would you revise medication wording, coordinated care recommendations, referral pathways, or safeguards? What should change for adolescents?

  4. 4. Practical Wording

    Which sentences would you rewrite for treatment centers, individual clinicians, or patients and families? What would make the steps more realistic in practice?

For each proposed change, please identify the section, offer replacement wording, and include a supporting source when possible. Do not include patient-identifying information.

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Hello,

Would you review Screen ADHD First's proposed Screening-First Protocol? Our goal is to make ADHD screening part of intake before substance-use treatment begins, without delaying urgent care.

Please review the Protocol and its linked sources here:
https://adhd-addiction-awareness-guide.lovable.app/clinician-review

Which guidelines or studies should we add, replace, or update? Which claims or clinical wording would you revise? In particular, please consider screening tools, assessment timing, withdrawal and intoxication, medication wording, and guidance for adolescents.

If possible, identify the section, suggest replacement wording, and include a source. Please do not include patient-identifying information. This is a proposal for discussion, not an official clinical guideline.

Thank you,
Joe Barnhill
Screen ADHD First / LifeTech