Patterns of concurrent substance use among adolescent nonmedical ADHD stimulant users
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Patterns of concurrent substance use among nonmedical ADHD stimulant users: results from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health.
AIMS To examine patterns of concurrent substance use among adults with nonmedical ADHD stimulant use. METHODS We used latent class analysis (LCA) to examine patterns of past-year problematic substance use (meeting any criteria for abuse or dependence) in a sample of 6103 adult participants from the National Surveys on Drug Use and Health 2006-2011 who reported past-year nonmedical use of ADHD...
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عنوان ژورنال: Addictive Behaviors
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0306-4603
DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2015.05.007