How Do Personality Dysfunction and Maladaptive Personality Traits Predict Time to Premature Discontinuation of Pharmacological Treatment of ADHD?

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Non-adherence to medication is common in the adult ADHD clinical group. The goal of this pre-registered study was to examine whether the DSM-5 Alternative Model of Personality Disorder (AMPD), generality personality dysfunction (LPFS-BF 2.0) or maladaptive personality traits (PID-5), can predict time to premature discontinuation of pharmacological treatment beyond other known factors.

Methods

A sample of 284 adult patients with ADHD (60.6% female; M_age = 32.31 years) were investigated for medication adherence from 2018 to 2023, using time-to-event analytic methods.

Results

Of the sample, 54 were found to have discontinued treatment prematurely without consulting their physician. Interestingly this group was prescribed considerably lower do

SUBMITTER: Jacobsson P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11800730 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature