Behavioral Predictors Of Substance-Use Initiation In Adolescents With And Without ADHD

Abstract

Substance-use initiation was examined in 28 healthy adolescents and 50 with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, followed longitudinally for 4 years at the National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, MD; National Institute on Drug Abuse, Baltimore, MD; and Neuropsychiatrie Institute, Los Angeles, CA.

Keywords

• comorbid conduct disorder
• depressive/anxiety
• methylphenidate