Deconstructing ADHD, Addiction, and Beyond

November 5, 2015

Anthony M. Ocana, MD, MSc

Anthony M. Ocana, MD, MSc

News and research highlights on ADHD, conduct disorder, substance use disorder, and behavioral addictions, including compulsive social networking.

Â Dr Anthony Ocana summarizes the latest news and research highlights on ADHD. Scroll through the slides for sources. To view in PDF format, click here.

Adults presenting with history of ADHD
Molina BS, Pelham WE Jr. Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and risk of substance use disorder: developmental considerations, potential pathways, and opportunities for research. Annu Rev Clin Psychol. 2014;10:607-639.

Susceptibility to ADHD
Blum K, Chen AL, Braverman ER, et al. Attention-deficit-hyperactivity disorder and reward deficiency syndrome. Neuropsychiatr Dis Treat. 2008;4:893-918.

Inattentive subtypes; impulsive/hyperactive subtypes
De Alwis D, Lynskey MT, Reiersen AM, Agrawal A. Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder subtypes and substance use and use disorders in NESARC. Addict Behav. 2014;39:1278-1285.

Parkinson
Potenza M. Behavioural addictions matter. Nature. 2015;522:S62.

Reward dysregulation/social networking
Hormes JM, Kearns B, Timko CA. Craving Facebook? Behavioral addiction to online social networking and its association with emotion regulation deficits. Addiction. 2014;109:2079-2088.

ADD/ODD
Petty CR, Monuteaux MC, Mick E, et al. Parsing the familiality of oppositional defiant disorder from that of conduct disorder: a familial risk analysis. J Psychiatr Res. 2009;43:345-352.

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