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Turning Points in the Lives of Youth of With/Without ADHD: Are They Linked to Changes in Substance Use?
J Atten Disord. 2018 07;22(9_suppl):38S-48S
Authors: Jensen PS, Yuki K, Murray D, Mitchell JT, Weisner T, Hinshaw S, Molina B, Swanson J, Arnold LE, Hechtman L, Wells K
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: This study examines the behavior beliefs, social supports, and turning points in individuals with/without ADHD related to their substance use/abuse (SU/A) decisions.
METHOD: The coded interviews from 60 participants with/without ADHD were compared for their SU/A decisions and precipitants with these decisions among abstainers, persisters, and desisters.
RESULTS: ADHD participants reported fewer social advantages to avoid SU/A than non-ADHD participants. Desisters and persisters reported more social advantages of using drugs than abstainers. Persisters reported both more negative and positive psychological/physiological effects of SU/A. ADHD participants reported fewer positive role models in their lives. Non-ADHD patients reported more positive turning points than ADHD participants, regardless of SU/A status.
CONCLUSION: ADHD individuals face challenges in making healthy decisions about SU/A due to lack of positive role models. Reinforcing accurate behavioral beliefs may be important to change behaviors in individuals with SU/A or to prevent SU/A initiation in ADHD individuals.
PMID: 28423975 [PubMed – indexed for MEDLINE]
via https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28423975?dopt=Abstract