Use of Antidepressants Decreased After Initiation of ADHD Treatment in Adults-A Finnish Nationwide Register Study Describing Use of ADHD and Non-ADHD Medication in People With and Without ADHD.

ABSTRACT: ADHD is often associated with comorbid psychiatric conditions. Differential diagnosis between other conditions and ADHD is not always clear, and patients are sometimes initially treated for another disorder instead. ADHD diagnosis and appropriate ADHD treatment potentially reduce the need for medication of the other disorder. Reaching high adherence to and persistence with ADHD medication is challenging. This nationwide cohort study aimed to describe not only ADHD medication use but also the use of other drugs in ADHD patients compared to controls. Nationwide care and prescription registers were used to identify incident ADHD patients of any age between 2015 and 2020. Four controls were matched to each ADHD patient by age, gender, and residence. Analyses included data from 1.1.2010 to 31.1

SUBMITTER: Westman E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12318640 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature