Detailed webpage
ADHD in adults
Royal College of Psychiatrists
A fuller adult explanation including daily impact, masking, assessment, treatment and reasonable adjustments.
- Cost
- Free
- Coverage
- UK; online
- Evidence
- Professional-body public information
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Fuller explanations for when you have more time.
Books, workbooks, podcasts and longer explanations that connect understanding with everyday life.
Self-directed workbooks
Dorset Recovery Education Centre ADHD workbooks
Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust
An introductory workbook and four fuller workbooks developed alongside adult courses.
- Cost
- Free
- Coverage
- Dorset; materials are publicly available online
- Evidence
- Official NHS recovery-education resource
- Keep in mind
- Use the Learn Online page to reach the current files; individual direct-download links can change.
Book, ebook or audiobook
Living Well with Adult ADHD
Laura E. Knouse and Russell A. Barkley
A practical guide using short chapters, checklists, self-coaching and downloadable forms.
- Cost
- Purchase or library access required
- Coverage
- International; available in the UK
- Evidence
- Clinician-authored commercial publication
Book or ebook
The Adult ADHD Tool Kit
J. Russell Ramsay and Anthony L. Rostain
A consumer-focused CBT guide to planning, starting tasks, motivation, emotions and organisation.
- Cost
- Purchase or library access required
- Coverage
- International; available in the UK
- Evidence
- Clinician-authored, evidence-based commercial publication
- Keep in mind
- A self-help companion, not a substitute for individual assessment or therapy.
Podcast
The ADHD Adults Podcast
ADHDadultUK
A UK adult-ADHD podcast combining research, practical discussion, lived experience and humour.
- Cost
- Free; optional paid membership is separate
- Coverage
- UK; available internationally
- Evidence
- Lived-experience-led podcast with research discussion
- Keep in mind
- Uses humour and may include explicit language. Check episode sources where a claim matters.
Podcast
ADHD Wise UK Podcast
ADHD Wise UK
Conversations about ADHD and neurodivergence drawing on lived experience and professional perspectives.
- Cost
- Free
- Coverage
- UK; available internationally
- Evidence
- Provider podcast; guest expertise varies by episode
- Keep in mind
- Judge each episode on its guest, sources and claims rather than treating the whole feed as clinical guidance.
Podcast
All Things ADHD
CHADD
Expert interviews with topic summaries and named guest credentials.
- Cost
- Free
- Coverage
- United States; available internationally
- Evidence
- Established ADHD organisation with episode-level expert attribution
- Keep in mind
- US services and legal references do not describe UK pathways.
Website, fact sheets and videos
Russell Barkley: ADHD education and research
Russell A. Barkley, PhD
Barkley’s official collection of science-based ADHD fact sheets, lectures, books and courses.
- Cost
- Much of the website and video material is free; books and courses may cost
- Coverage
- United States; available internationally
- Evidence
- Expert-authored educational material grounded in ADHD research
- Keep in mind
- US terminology and care pathways do not replace current UK guidance.
Articles, videos, podcasts and books
Dr Hallowell ADHD resources
Edward M. Hallowell, MD
Adult ADHD explanations and practical material presented through a strengths-based approach.
- Cost
- Many online resources are free; books and clinical services may cost
- Coverage
- United States; available internationally
- Evidence
- Psychiatrist-authored educational material
- Keep in mind
- The strengths-based framing is a perspective rather than clinical consensus. US services and care pathways differ from the UK.
Book, ebook or audiobook
ADHD Unpacked
Alex Conner and James Brown
A UK guide combining ADHD research, lived experience, practical ideas and humour.
- Cost
- Purchase or library access required
- Coverage
- UK; available internationally
- Evidence
- Published in 2025; written by two people with ADHD who have scientific and professional ADHD backgrounds
- Keep in mind
- Lived experience and practical guidance sit alongside research; they do not carry the same evidential weight.
Book or ebook
You Mean I'm Not Lazy, Stupid or Crazy?!
Kate Kelly and Peggy Ramundo
A detailed self-help book written by adults with ADHD, covering everyday functioning, relationships, organisation and support.
- Cost
- Purchase or library access required
- Coverage
- United States; available in the UK
- Evidence
- Lived-experience-led commercial publication; one author was an advanced-practice mental-health nurse and the other an ADHD coach
- Keep in mind
- This updated edition was published in 2006 and uses older ADD terminology. Medication and clinical information should be checked against current UK guidance.
Book, audiobook, website and videos
Self-Care for People with ADHD
Sasha Hamdani, MD
Short practical exercises from a psychiatrist who also has ADHD, covering wellbeing, emotions and everyday difficulties.
- Cost
- Online videos are free; book purchase or library access required
- Coverage
- United States; available internationally
- Evidence
- Psychiatrist-authored material combining clinical knowledge and lived experience; book published in 2023
- Keep in mind
- US services and treatment pathways differ from the UK. Practical exercises and positive framing should be judged individually.