Nonmedical use of prescription stimulants among college students: Associations with attention-deficit-hyperactivity disorder and polydrug use

Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 156-169

  Arria, Amelia M ^a,b   Caldeira, Kimberly M ^a   O'Grady, Kevin E ^a   Vincent, Kathryn B ^a   Johnson, Erin P ^a   Wish, Eric D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b Center for Substance Abuse Research   (United States)

Author keywords

ADHD; Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; College students; Drug dependence; Polydrug use; Prescription stimulants

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; AMPHETAMINE; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; COCAINE; DEXAMPHETAMINE; ILLICIT DRUG; METHYLPHENIDATE; PSYCHEDELIC AGENT; TRANQUILIZER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CANNABIS ADDICTION; COLLEGE STUDENT; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE DRUG ABUSE; PARENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; RISK; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNIVERSITY; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MARIJUANA ABUSE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; PREVALENCE; SAMPLING STUDIES; STUDENTS; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 38849186710     PISSN: 02770008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1592/phco.28.2.156     Document Type: Article

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