Given the clinical and public health significance of substance disorders and the need to
identify their early risk factors, we examined the association of childhood attention …

OBJECTIVE: The authors discuss the relationship of impulsivity to psychiatric disorders and
present selected hypotheses regarding the reasons for these relationships. METHOD …

Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is one of the most common childhood
disorders, characterized by problems with inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity 1; the …

OBJECTIVE: In recent years cohort studies have examined childhood attention-
deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) as a risk factor for substance use disorders (SUDs) in …

The dopaminergic system, and in particular the dopamine D2 receptor, has been implicated
in reward mechanisms. The net effect of neurotransmitter interaction at the mesolimbic brain …

Drug use represents a significant burden to public health through disease, disability and
social problems, and policy makers are becoming increasingly interested in how to develop …

A literature review on community studies of adolescent substance use, abuse, or
dependence (SU/A/D) and psychiatric comorbidity yielded 22 articles from 15 studies with …

Objective. Concerns exist that stimulant therapy of youths with attention-deficit/hyperactivity
disorder (ADHD) may result in an increased risk for subsequent substance use disorders …

The objective of this study was to evaluate the relationship between attention deficit‐
hyperactivity/impulsivity symptoms and Internet addiction. In total, 535 elementary school …

Since 1975, Robert Julien's A Primer of Drug Action has been the definitive guide to the
effects of psychoactive drugs on the brain and on behavior. Now fully updated, this popular …