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ADHD “Symptomatic contamination” in dual pathology (I): general analysis of the “Sym_Con” sample

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 March 2020

J.M. Zoido Ramos ,
F.J. Pino Calderon  and
J.R. Gutierrez Casares
J.M. Zoido Ramos*
Affiliation:
Servicio Extremeño de Salud, CEDEX “Los Pinos”, Badajoz, Spain
F.J. Pino Calderon
Affiliation:
Servicio Extremeño de Salud, ESM Montijo-Puebla, Montijo, Spain
J.R. Gutierrez Casares
Affiliation:
Servicio Extremeño de Salud, Hospital Perpetuo Socorro, Psichiatría, Badajoz, Spain
*
*Corresponding author.

Abstract

Introduction

The links between ADHD and SUD are demonstrated in the scientific literature. The existence of dual diagnosis affects both prognosis and clinical-therapeutic assessment.

Objective and aims

Describe the general characteristics of a sample of patients with SUD (n = 162) who seek treatment for their addiction, based on the presence of symptomatic contamination by ADHD, compared to a sample of adults (n = 246) without addictive pathology (parents of children with different risk for ADHD).

Methods

We assessed using different scales the properties of the sample (visual analogical [general state of health, sadness, anxiety, irritability, suspiciousness], WURS, BDI and Exploratory List of ADHD symptoms).

Results

The average age in the group of parents was 40.59 versus 35.88 on the SUD group, with 42% and 87% males respectively. SUD group presented worse general state, with higher average of sadness, anxiety, irritability and suspicioness, as well as WURS and exploratory symptoms of ADHD, as shown in Fig. 1 and 2.

Conclusions

The SUD group had higher ADHD symptomatic contamination respect to Parents group. These results are preliminary and are pending more thorough analysis as part of a more extensive and complex study, requiring further confirmation in future studies.

Disclosure of interest

The authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

Type
EV390
Information
European Psychiatry , Volume 33 , Issue S1: Abstracts of the 24th European Congress of Psychiatry , March 2016 , pp. S382 - S383
Copyright
Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2016

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