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02-05-2006, 04:52 AM
Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and Substance Use Disorders in Adolescents

by Timothy Wilens, M.D.
Psychiatric Times January 2006 Vol. XXV Issue 1

The overlap between attention-deficit/ hyperactivity disorder and alcohol or drug abuse or dependence (referred to here as substance use disorders [SUDs]) in adolescents has been an area of increasing clinical, research and public health interest. Appearing in early childhood, ADHD affects from 6% to 9% of children and adolescents worldwide...

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