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Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Cocaine Abuse
Author(s) -
McCanceKatz Elinore F.,
Leal Jorge,
Schottenfeld Richard S.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
the american journal on addictions
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.997
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1521-0391
pISSN - 1055-0496
DOI - 10.1111/j.1521-0391.1995.tb00263.x
Subject(s) - cocaine abuse , attention deficit hyperactivity disorder , psychiatry , substance abuse , psychology , cocaine dependence , cocaine use , clinical psychology , medicine , addiction
Recent research has shown that comorbid cocaine abuse and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) occur frequently in clinical populations. These patients are challenging, both diagnostically and clinically, but may respond to combined standard treatment for ADHD and cocaine abuse.