8.6 What's all the Hype? Innovations in GP-led ADHD and Neurodivergent Healthcare
Tracks
Botanical 2 room
Thursday, October 23, 2025 |
3:55 PM - 4:25 PM |
Botanical 2 room |
Details
Format: Practical workshop (90-minute)
Speaker
Dr Shannon Morton
Clinical Director And Child And Adolescent Psychiatrist
The Kooky Clinic
What's all the Hype? Innovations in GP-led ADHD and Neurodivergent Healthcare
3:55 PM - 5:35 PMAbstract Overview
ADHD is exploding in recognition—but rural GPs are too often left juggling the fallout: long waitlists, overwhelmed families, and tricky diagnoses without clear roadmaps. Enter the Hype Model of Care: a bold new blueprint for GP-led ADHD services, built by neurodivergent doctors who are flipping the script on how care is delivered.
This isn’t theory—it’s innovation in action. You’ll get a front-row seat to how lived experience clinicians are combining their insider knowledge with AI technology and digital workflows to crack open the bottleneck in ADHD diagnosis and management. We’ll reveal how complex neurodevelopmental assessments can be streamlined, made more accessible, and delivered confidently from even the most remote locations.
But that’s just the start. We’ll deep-dive into how neurospicy doctors are natural-born disruptors and innovators, turning their unique wiring into a radical asset for transforming healthcare systems.
This is a high-energy, no-passengers workshop. Expect experimental interactive brainstorming, live polling, and creative techniques like De Bono’s 6 Thinking Hats, to collectively reimagine the future of ADHD care. Whether you’re looking for practical solutions, or ready to join the vanguard of change-makers, you’ll leave with new tools, fresh ideas—and a taste of the infectious Hype! that’s rewriting the ADHD care playbook.
This isn’t theory—it’s innovation in action. You’ll get a front-row seat to how lived experience clinicians are combining their insider knowledge with AI technology and digital workflows to crack open the bottleneck in ADHD diagnosis and management. We’ll reveal how complex neurodevelopmental assessments can be streamlined, made more accessible, and delivered confidently from even the most remote locations.
But that’s just the start. We’ll deep-dive into how neurospicy doctors are natural-born disruptors and innovators, turning their unique wiring into a radical asset for transforming healthcare systems.
This is a high-energy, no-passengers workshop. Expect experimental interactive brainstorming, live polling, and creative techniques like De Bono’s 6 Thinking Hats, to collectively reimagine the future of ADHD care. Whether you’re looking for practical solutions, or ready to join the vanguard of change-makers, you’ll leave with new tools, fresh ideas—and a taste of the infectious Hype! that’s rewriting the ADHD care playbook.
Biography
Dr Shannon Morton is a shamelessly flamboyant neurodivergent Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist and Founder of The Kooky Clinic and Hype! ADHD Centre near Brisbane. She has built a workplace where unmasked neurodivergent clinicians cook up wild ideas and daring new models of care—aiming to smash bottlenecks and improve ADHD and neurodivergence services for all, no matter how far off the beaten track.
Having joined forces with Cubcare and health tech entrepreneurs, Dr Morton and her merry band of innovators, are now experimenting with tech to supercharge GP-led ADHD care across Australia. Equal parts rodeo clown, walking plot-twist, and serious change-maker, she brings a whirlwind of creativity to every project.
She’s presented on Deep Brain Stimulation for severe Tourette Syndrome at the World Congress of Biological Psychiatry, and pioneered The Healing Circle, a finalist in the Queensland Mental Health Awards. Expect infotainment at its finest—and a high chance of jazz hands.
