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

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.

Keywords

• substance use disorders
• pediatric psychopharmacology
• socioeconomic status