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- Title
Does stimulant therapy of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder beget later substance abuse? A meta-analytic review of the literature.
- Authors
Wilens, Timothy E; Faraone, Stephen V; Biederman, Joseph; Gunawardene, Samantha
- Abstract
Concerns exist that stimulant therapy of youths with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) may result in an increased risk for subsequent substance use disorders (SUD). We investigated all long-term studies in which pharmacologically treated and untreated youths with ADHD were examined for later SUD outcomes.
- Publication
Pediatrics, 2003, Vol 111, Issue 1, p179
- ISSN
1098-4275
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1542/peds.111.1.179