ArticleAcademic pediatrics
Stimulant Diversion Risk Among College Students Treated for ADHD: Primary Care Provider Prevention Training.
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- Preventing Prescription Stimulant Diversion and Misuse via a Web-Based Intervention: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of attention disorders · 2026Trial
- Preventing prescription stimulant diversion and misuse through brief intervention: Moderators and secondary outcomes from a randomized controlled trial.Experimental and clinical psychopharmacology · 2026Trial
- Adolescent-Reported Changes in Provider Behavior Following Pediatrician Training in Stimulant Diversion Prevention: Results From a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of attention disorders · 2025Trial
- Effects of Training on Use of Stimulant Diversion Prevention Strategies by Pediatric Primary Care Providers: Results from a Cluster-Randomized Trial.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2022Trial
- Use of Stimulant Diversion Prevention Strategies in Pediatric Primary Care and Associations With Provider Characteristics.The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine · 2021Trial
- Safe and effective use of stimulants in youth with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and substance use disorders.The mental health clinician · 2026Article
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- 'Sorry, I don't give away my medication': an examination of refusals todivert stimulant medication.Addiction research & theory · 2026Article
- Prevalence of pharmacotherapy for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and prescription stimulant misuse: A national study of US college students.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2025Observational
- Misuse and diversion of stimulant medications prescribed for the treatment of ADHD: a systematic review.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Review
- Examining the Myth of Prescribed Stimulant Misuse among Individuals with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: A Systematic Review.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Practice Pearls for Stimulant Treatment of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in Youth.The journal of pediatric pharmacology and therapeutics : JPPT : the official journal of PPAG · 2024Article
- Long-Term Treatment of Narcolepsy and Idiopathic Hypersomnia with Low-Sodium Oxybate.Nature and science of sleep · 2023Review
- Associations between prescription and illicit stimulant and opioid use in the United States, 2015-2020.Journal of substance abuse treatment · 2022Article
- Stimulant misuse among youth.Current problems in pediatric and adolescent health care · 2022Review
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Abstract
objectiveTo address increasing rates of stimulant misuse in college students, this study developed an evidence-based, brief clinical practice intervention for primary care providers (PCPs) to reduce stimulant medication diversion among young adults with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
methodsCollege students (N-114; 18-25 years; 68% attending universities; 24% attending community college) treated for ADHD with a stimulant and their PCPs across six practices participated in this initial, uncontrolled study of pre- to post-intervention change. An educational workshop providing strategies aimed at reducing stimulant diversion was developed and delivered to providers and staff across all practices (50% pediatric; 50% family medicine). Patients and providers completed baseline and post intervention surveys.
resultsDiversion was relatively infrequent, 16.7% at baseline and 14.9% post-intervention, respectively. Statistically significant decreases from baseline to post-intervention were found for three diversion risk factors: (1) number of times approached to divert, (2) intent to share, sell, or trade stimulants, and (3) disclosure of stimulant use. Providers and staff reported mostly high satisfaction with the training.
conclusionsThis study provides initial evidence for a PCP-delivered intervention to reduce stimulant diversion. Research is needed on the efficacy of targeting college students directly, working with pharmacies and student health centers, and preventing misuse among teenagers.
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