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August 2025: Telehealth Prescribing of Stimulants for ADHD and Associated Risk for Later Stimulant and Substance Use Disorders

August 2025: Telehealth Prescribing of Stimulants for ADHD and Associated Risk for Later Stimulant and Substance Use Disorders

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Dr. Vinod Rao (Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston) join AJP Audio to discuss predicting the relative risk of patients with an ADHD diagnosis developing a later stimulant or substance use disorder based on the method of prescription, in person or via telehealth. Afterwards, AJP Editor-in-Chief Dr. Ned Kalin discusses the rest of the August issue of the Journal.

  • 00:07 Rao interview
  • 01:53 Stimulant use disorder versus substance use disorder
  • 02:59 Cohort size and incidence of SUDs
  • 04:28 Length of clinician engagement in non-profit versus for profit hospital systems
  • 05:18 Patient cohort
  • 06:20 Potential difference in mechanism between prescribing practices
  • 07:35 Continued use of telehealth
  • 08:43 Limitations
  • 10:03 Further research
  • 11:17 Kalin interview
  • 11:24 Rao et al.
  • 15:41 Mahjani et al.
  • 19:59 Zhang et al.
  • 25:11 Sha et al.
  • 29:33 Gao and Olfson

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