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Stimulant use for ADHD associated with lower risk of suicide attempt
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
the brown university psychopharmacology update
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7532
pISSN - 1068-5308
DOI - 10.1002/pu.30579
Subject(s) - stimulant , attention deficit hyperactivity disorder , psychiatry , medicine , odds , cohort , suicide risk , odds ratio , cohort study , poison control , suicide prevention , medical emergency , logistic regression
Medication treatment for attention‐deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) was associated with overall reduced odds of suicide attempt in a cohort study of U.S. insurance databases. Use of stimulants was associated with reduced risk, while there appeared to be no increased or decreased risk of suicide attempt among users of nonstimulant medication for ADHD. Study results were published online Dec. 13, 2019, in Biological Psychiatry .