ADHD as a risk factor for early onset and heightened adult problem severity of illicit substance use: An accelerated gateway model

Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1755-1758

  Dunne, Eugene M ^a   Hearn, Lauren E ^a   Rose, Jonathan J ^a   Latimer, William W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

ADHD; Alcohol; Illicit drugs; Injection drug use; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; BALTIMORE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84905907097     PISSN: 03064603     EISSN: 18736327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2014.07.009     Document Type: Article

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