PSY3190 Chapter Notes - Chapter 26c: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Mental Disorder, Conduct Disorder
9 Oct 2018
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Psychopathology and drug choice: the belief that there is a relationship between a patients psychiatric disorder and their drug of choice but there is not much evidence to back this up. Individuals misusing substances including those with some form of mental illness tend to be more impulsive and interested in new sensations: this means that they may not do it for self-medication but to seek new sensory sensations. Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (adhd: adhd is diagnosed in 7% of the population, 21% of adults with adhd are thought to have a concurrent cocaine use disorder. Schizophrenia: the relationship between schizophrenia and sud is complicated, research has shown that those with schizophrenia have a 460% greater probability of developing a substance use disorder. In the case of schizophrenia it is thought that the nicotine helps to reverse many of the cognitive deficits associated with that disorder or the medications used to treat it.
