Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and Conduct Disorder Symptomatology in Adolescents With Alcohol Use Disorder

This study tested the hypothesis that attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and conduct disorder (CD) comorbidity is associated with substance use and deviance severity in 395 adolescents with alcohol use disorder. Thirty percent of the adolescents had high ADHD symptom counts, and 73% had...

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Published in:Psychology of addictive behaviors 2002-06, Vol.16 (2), p.161-164
Main Authors: Molina, Brooke S. G, Bukstein, Oscar G, Lynch, Kevin G
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Addictive behaviors
Adolescent
Adult
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
Alcohol Abuse
Alcohol Use Disorder
Alcoholism
Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity
Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity - complications
Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity - diagnosis
Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity - epidemiology
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
Biological and medical sciences
Comorbidity
Conduct Disorder
Conduct Disorder - complications
Conduct Disorder - diagnosis
Conduct Disorder - epidemiology
Conduct disorders
Data Collection
Female
Human
Humans
Male
Medical sciences
Models, Psychological
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Severity (Disorders)
Severity of Illness Index
Sex Factors
Substance-Related Disorders - diagnosis
Substance-Related Disorders - etiology
United States - epidemiology
Young people
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Summary:This study tested the hypothesis that attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and conduct disorder (CD) comorbidity is associated with substance use and deviance severity in 395 adolescents with alcohol use disorder. Thirty percent of the adolescents had high ADHD symptom counts, and 73% had 3 or more CD symptoms. ADHD-CD was associated with nonalcohol substance use disorder, drinking levels, and CD severity, but in general substance use was not uniquely elevated or problematic among the comorbid cases. In general, CD and CD severity were more important. The findings did not differ between boys and girls, revealing that in a treatment sample of adolescents, ADHD-CD comorbidity may need to be assessed and treated, but it is not broadly indicative of severity.
ISSN:0893-164X
1939-1501
DOI:10.1037/0893-164X.16.2.161