ADHD and Psychoactive Substance Abuse

Abstract

The effect of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) compared to psychiatric comorbidity, familiality, and adversity, as risk factors for psychoactive substance use disorder (PSUD) was evaluated at the Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA.

Keywords

• attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder
• psychoactive substance use disorder
• conduct disorders