| Prevalence of ADHD diagnosis and nonmedical prescription stimulant use in medical students. | |
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PMID: 20431104 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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OBJECTIVE: The authors aimed to determine the prevalence of ADHD diagnosis and the prevalence of nonmedical prescription stimulant use among a sample of medical students. METHODS: An anonymous survey was administered to 388 medical students (84.0% return rate) across all 4 years of education at a public medical college. RESULTS: Eighteen medical students (5.5%) reported being diagnosed with ADHD and 72.2% of those students were diagnosed after the age of 18. Thirty-three medical students (10.1%) reported using prescription stimulants for nonmedical purposes during their lifetime. The most commonly reported motivation for nonmedical prescription stimulant use was to improve academic performance. There was no significant correlation between an ADHD diagnosis and a history of nonmedical prescription stimulant use (p=0.072). CONCLUSION: This survey suggests that medical students appear to be a relatively high-risk population for nonmedical prescription stimulant use. |
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Jeffrey P Tuttle; Neil E Scheurich; John Ranseen |
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Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Academic psychiatry : the journal of the American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training and the Association for Academic Psychiatry Volume: 34 ISSN: 1545-7230 ISO Abbreviation: Acad Psychiatry Publication Date: 2010 May-Jun |
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Created Date: 2010-04-30 Completed Date: 2010-08-10 Revised Date: 2010-09-17 |
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Nlm Unique ID: 8917200 Medline TA: Acad Psychiatry Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 220-3 Citation Subset: IM |
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Department of Psychiatry, University of Kentucky, 3470 Blazer Parkway, Lexington, KY 40509, USA. jptutt0@email.uky.edu |
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Adult Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / diagnosis*, epidemiology* Central Nervous System Stimulants / therapeutic use* Child Drug Prescriptions / statistics & numerical data* Female Humans Male Prevalence Questionnaires Students, Medical / statistics & numerical data* |
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0/Central Nervous System Stimulants |
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