1. How Substance Users With ADHD Perceive the Relationship Between Substance Use and Emotional Functioning.
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Mitchell, John T, Weisner, Thomas S, Jensen, Peter S, Murray, Desiree W, Molina, Brooke SG, Arnold, L Eugene, Hechtman, Lily, Swanson, James M, Hinshaw, Stephen P, Victor, Elizabeth C, Kollins, Scott H, Wells, Karen C, Belendiuk, Katherine A, Blonde, Andrew, Nguyen, Celeste, Ambriz, Lizeth, and Nguyen, Jenny L
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Humans ,Substance-Related Disorders ,Combined Modality Therapy ,Emotions ,Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity ,Qualitative Research ,Adult ,Child ,Female ,Male ,Interviews as Topic ,Young Adult ,ADHD ,MTA study ,qualitative research ,substance use ,Mental Health ,Drug Abuse (NIDA only) ,Basic Behavioral and Social Science ,Clinical Research ,Substance Misuse ,Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) ,Pediatric ,Behavioral and Social Science ,Mental health ,Good Health and Well Being ,Psychology ,Developmental & Child Psychology - Abstract
ObjectiveAlthough substance use (SU) is elevated in ADHD and both are associated with disrupted emotional functioning, little is known about how emotions and SU interact in ADHD. We used a mixed qualitative-quantitative approach to explore this relationship.MethodNarrative comments were coded for 67 persistent (50 ADHD, 17 local normative comparison group [LNCG]) and 25 desistent (20 ADHD, 5 LNCG) substance users from the Multimodal Treatment Study of Children with ADHD (MTA) adult follow-up (21.7-26.7 years-old).ResultsSU persisters perceived SU positively affects emotional states and positive emotional effects outweigh negative effects. No ADHD group effects emerged. Qualitative analysis identified perceptions that cannabis enhanced positive mood for ADHD and LNCG SU persisters, and improved negative mood and ADHD for ADHD SU persisters.ConclusionPerceptions about SU broadly and mood do not differentiate ADHD and non-ADHD SU persisters. However, perceptions that cannabis is therapeutic may inform ADHD-related risk for cannabis use.
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- 2018