ADHD drugs linked to reduced risk of depression in national cohort study

A nationwide cohort study of individuals with attention‐deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in Sweden has found no association between ADHD medication and later risk of depression. Instead, depression risk actually was lower in individuals receiving an ADHD drug, the researchers reported. Study results were published Dec. 15, 2016, in Biological Psychiatry.
Source: The Brown University Psychopharmacology Update - Category: Psychiatry Tags: ADHD Treatment Source Type: research