Here’s yet another example of what happens when you don’t diagnose and treat ADHD, many of them will find other ways of treating it and one popular way is self medication via drugs and alcohol. In the journal Addiction, there was a study of 600 adolescent cannabis abusers in outpatient treatment. 96% of them had …
30% of Teenage Cannabis Users in Outpatient Study had ADHD Read More »
As a follow up to my last post, Here are 5 more studies on the well-known (among those familiar with ADHD) links between ADHD and substance abuse. Or 5 more reasons why governments should start properly diagnosing and treating adults and children with ADHD now, or pay 100 times the price later in addictions and …
ADHD and Substance Abuse 5 more Clinical Studies Read More »
A study in the Journal Alcohol and Alcoholism looked at 91 adults with alcohol dependence and 61 adults with multiple substance addiction and they determined if these patients were affected by ADHD. RESULTS: 20.9% WURS-k (Wender Utah Rating Scale) 23.1% (DSM-IV diagnostic criteria) of the alcohol-dependent patients showed evidence of retrospective ADHD affliction in childhood. …
Study 33.3% of Alcoholics had ADHD, 65.5% of Substance Abuse Patients Had ADHD. Read More »
When politicians have something to confess, it’s usually after everyone knows about and they can stay in denial no longer. For some denial never ends until the cell door closes. Political courage is unfortunately in short supply these days. That’s why it’s refreshing to see a politician admit a something potentially politically damaging on his …
Ontario Health Minister Abused Stimulants in Past, Has the Guts to Admit It. Read More »
Many people with ADHD self-medicate with alcohol, drugs, and tobacco since they all boost dopamine levels in the brain, a neurotransmitter associated with ADHD and one the ADD stimulant medication improve the availability of. People who have undiagnosed and untreated ADHD are more likely to abuse alcohol and drugs the general population. It seems like booze, …
Alcoholics Anonymous + Treatment Gets The Best Results. Read More »