Kevin Hu - Trends of Newly Diagnosed ADHD among Adults with and without Histories of Substance Use Disorder or Mental Illness in BC

In recent years, emerging evidence indicates a potential rise in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) incidence in BC. Given the overrepresentation of people with substance use disorder (SUD) and mental illness (MI) diagnoses among people with ADHD, and the known impacts of the pandemic on mental health across the population, we conducted an interrupted time series analysis to examine how rates of newly diagnosed adult ADHD changed before, during and after the pandemic. Analyses were conducted by SUD and MI history, as well as age, sex and region. Results revealed a nearly four-fold increase since the pandemic, highlighting, in the context of an ongoing drug toxicity crisis, the importance of increased attention to the treatment and diagnosis of ADHD among people with concurrent SUD and MI.

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10/31/2024 5:50:00 PM