ArticleJournal of child and adolescent psychopharmacology2014
Gender and injuries predict stimulant medication use.
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- Time of onset and/or diagnosis of ADHD in European children: a systematic review.BMC psychiatry · 2021Pooled it
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- Use of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Medication Among Danish Children and Adolescents From 2010 to 2023.Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica · 2026Article
- Family and developmental history of female versus male adolescents with ADHD: diagnosis-specific overlap, few gender/sex differences.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Article
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- Understanding the Diversity of Pharmacotherapeutic Management of ADHD With Co-occurring Autism: An Australian Cross-Sectional Survey.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Article
- Genetic, Clinical, and Sociodemographic Factors Associated With Stimulant Treatment Outcomes in ADHD.The American journal of psychiatry · 2021Article
- Pediatric use of prescribed melatonin in Sweden 2006-2017: a register based study.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2021Article
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- Pharmacological treatment reduces the risk of motor vehicle crashes among men and women with ADHD.Evidence-based mental health · 2018Article
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- Diversion of ADHD Stimulants and Victimization Among Adolescents.Journal of pediatric psychology · 2016Article
- Cardiovascular safety of stimulants in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: a nationwide prospective cohort study.Journal of child and adolescent psychopharmacology · 2014Article
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Abstract
objectiveThe purpose of this article was to examine whether injuries in early childhood and gender predict prescriptions of stimulant medication in three groups of children: With attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), autism spectrum disorder (ASD), and other psychiatric disorders (OPD).
methodsThis was a population-based study with prospective and complete follow-up of children with ADHD (n=11,553), ASD (n=9698), and OPD (n=48,468), of whom 61%, 16%, and 3%, respectively, were treated with stimulants. For all 69,719 individual children data on psychiatric diagnoses, injuries, and drug prescriptions were obtained from national registers and merged.
resultsHaving sustained an injury before 5 years of age increased the likelihood of later stimulant treatment, in children with ADHD (odds ratio [OR]=1.09; 95% confidence interval [CI]=1.01-1.21), ASD (OR=1.19; 95% CI=1.02-1.40), and OPD (OR=1.24; 95% CI=1.08-1.42), with each injury increasing the likelihood by 3%, 10%, and 7%, respectively. Head injury did not increase the likelihood of later stimulant treatment. Within each of the three groups, ADHD, ASD, and OPD boys were more likely than girls to receive stimulant medication, OR=1.17 (95% CI=1.07-1.28); OR=1.71 (95% CI=1.47-2.01), and OR=2.41 (95% CI=2.16-2.71), respectively.
conclusionsTo our knowledge, this is the first prospective study assessing early life predictors of later ADHD medication in children with a psychiatric disorder, taken from a national cohort with complete follow-up of all cases. We found that the number of injuries prior to diagnosis was associated with initiation of stimulant treatment in all three groups of patients. In addition, male gender predicted treatment with ADHD medications. Our results suggest that the number of injuries early in life prior to diagnosis is associated with stimulant treatment, and may serve as a proxy for the level of later severity of ADHD symptoms, as it is universally associated with pharmacological treatment for ADHD.
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