1. How Substance Users With ADHD Perceive the Relationship Between Substance Use and Emotional Functioning.
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Mitchell JT, Weisner TS, Jensen PS, Murray DW, Molina BSG, Arnold LE, Hechtman L, Swanson JM, Hinshaw SP, Victor EC, Kollins SH, Wells KC, Belendiuk KA, Blonde A, Nguyen C, Ambriz L, and Nguyen JL
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- Adult, Child, Combined Modality Therapy, Emotions physiology, Female, Humans, Interviews as Topic, Male, Qualitative Research, Young Adult, Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity psychology, Emotions drug effects, Substance-Related Disorders psychology
- Abstract
Objective: Although 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., Method: Narrative 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)., Results: SU 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., Conclusion: Perceptions 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
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