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On the 1st november 2011 the data sampling and data entry for the International ADHD in Substance Use Disorders Prevalence (IASP) study is closed. A rough calculation of the sample included: close to 3500 screenings, of which approximately 1100 full assessments!

Thanks to the project leaders and project teams for the huge efforts that have been made to sample these data, most often with very little budget. Thanks also to all the institute management for making the IASP study possible. And of course thanks to the patients for their collaboration. 

Whithout prior funding, ICASA has sampled an enormous amount of data. These data will be of huge value, for reaching the ICASA Foundation goals:
1) Decrease of the number of children/adolescents with ADHD that develop Substance Use Disorders;
2) Increase of quality of diagnoses and treatment of patients with both ADHD and SUD. 
The IASP 2 will start in January 2012 in South Africa, Brazil, Egypt, Ireland and England.

Other developments & news

• The next ICASA meeting takes place 15th of December 2011 at the Conference Cetre Woudschoten in Zeist, The Netherlands. See here for the program.
• Currently in Norway the pilot on physical exercise is running. In the December meeting in Zeist more information follows. 
• Currently the CASP study (on the MOXO test) is running in the USA. In Hungary and Australia they are about to start. During the December meeting the first preliminary data will be published.
• In Brazil in the first quarter of 2012 a prevalence study starts on ADHD in SUD treatment seeking adolescents. 
• Work on the research protocol of the Profiling ADHD Children at RISK for substance abuse, violence and crime (PACRISK) study is started. In this study young children(8-11yrs) are followed with truancy and/or involvement in repeated fights; with and without ADHD and compare these with children without truancy/repeated fights also with and without ADHD.
  At baseline we intend to retrieve information from three sources: psychiatric disorders/ neurocognitive testing/ environmental factors.