Psychoactive substance use in patients diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: an exploratory study
Frontiers in Psychiatry July 11, 2023 Gniewko Więckiewicz, Iga Stokłosa, Maciej Stokłosa et al. 2 citations
Introduction Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) was originally treated as a neurodevelopmental disorder that occurs mainly in children and tends to diminish or disappear with age, but we now know that symptoms persist into adulthood in over 50% of ADHD patients. Undiagnosed individuals often turn to psychoactive substance to minimize the negative aspects of functioning and improve...