Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is associated with early onset substance use disorders

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 185, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 475-482

  Wilens, Timothy E ^a,b   Biederman, Joseph ^a,b   Mick, Eric ^a,c   Faraone, Stephen V ^d   Spencer, Thomas ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANIC DEPRESSIVE PSYCHOSIS; ONSET AGE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGE OF ONSET; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY DISORDERS; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; RISK FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 0030921593     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005053-199708000-00001     Document Type: Article

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