Kenneth Blum, Catherine Dennen, Paul R Carney, Elizabeth Gilley, Panayotis K Thanos, Eric R Braverman, David Baron, Colin Hanna, Edward J Modestino, Mark S Gold, Igor Elman, Rajendra D Badgaiyan
An estimated 3% to 10% of school children meet the DSM-V criteria for ADHD (Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder), however, to be over-diagnosed, the rate of children inappropriately diagnosed with ADHD (false positives) would have to be larger than the number of children with ADHD who are under-identified and not diagnosed (false negatives). Accordingly, a number of investigators take the position that under-treatment with psychostimulants, especially in children and adolescence, will result in continued ADHD symptomatology including future Substance Use Disorder (SUD)...
April 22, 2023: J Addict Psychiatry