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Substance Use Disorders and ADHD

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 November 2014

Oscar Bukstein
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In examining the challenges in treating comorbid attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and substance use disorder (SUD), there are a number of issues regarding misinformation and misconception that exist for clinicians. Like other ADHD comorbidities, there is a lack of screening, particularly among adult clinical populations who have the psychiatric comorbidity or, for patients with SUDs, there is the issue of prioritization, which condition to treat first, and determining the place of medication management—particularly stimulant medication—paramount in treatment planning.

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