Stimulant prescription cautions: Addressing misuse, diversion and malingering topical collection on attention-deficit disorder

Current Psychiatry Reports

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Rabiner, David L ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ADHD; Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; Diversion; Malingering; Prescription drugs; Psychiatry; Stimulant medication

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE DERIVATIVE; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT;

ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; DEMOGRAPHY; DIZZINESS; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DRUG USE; HUMAN; IRRITABILITY; MALINGERING; MOTIVATION; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; SADNESS; SIDE EFFECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STOMACH PAIN; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; DRUG MISUSE; PSYCHOLOGY; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; HUMANS; MOTIVATION; PRESCRIPTION DRUG MISUSE; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84891709367     PISSN: 15233812     EISSN: 15351645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11920-013-0375-2     Document Type: Article

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