Reduction of Drug Abuse in Adolescents Previously Treated with Stimulants for ADHD

J Gordon Millichap

doi:10.15844/pedneurbriefs-22-11-1

Reduction of Drug Abuse in Adolescents Previously Treated with Stimulants for ADHD

Pediatric Neurology Briefs

Volume 22 (2008): Issue 11

By: J Gordon Millichap

Open Access

|Nov 2008

Abstract

The effects of early stimulant medication on subsequent risk for cigarette smoking and substance use disorders (SUDs) were evaluated in a 5-year, case-controlled, follow-up study of adolescent girls with ADHD at the Pediatric Psychopharmacology Program, Masachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, and Department of Psychiatry, New York State University, Syracuse, NY.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-22-11-1 | Journal eISSN: 2166-6482

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Language: English

Page range: 81 - 82

Published on: Nov 1, 2008

Published by: Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Keywords:

Substance Use Disorders,

Pediatric Psychopharmacology,

Socioeconomic Status

© 2008 J Gordon Millichap, published by Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Volume 22 (2008): Issue 11