HealthDay (7/2, Gotkine) reports a study found that “attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) medications remain associated with a reduced risk for various real-world outcomes, but the magnitude of these associations decreases alongside increasing prescription rates.” The researchers observed that “across age groups and sexes and over time, ADHD medication was consistently associated with lower risks for self-harm, unintentional injury, traffic crashes, and crime.” They noted that “as prescription rates increased, the associations between ADHD medication use and lower risks for unintentional injury, traffic crashes, and crime appeared to weaken. The weakening trend for unintentional injury and traffic crashes was not fully explained by changes in age and sex distribution of individuals receiving ADHD medication.” The study was published in JAMA Psychiatry.
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Elana Gotkine , HealthDay , July 2, 2025