Differing Behaviors Around Adult Nonmedical Use of Prescription Stimulants and Opioids: Latent Class Analysis

• Published in: Journal of medical Internet research Vol. 25; no. 3; p. e46742
• Main Authors: Rockhill, Karilynn M, Olson, Richard, Dart, Richard C, Iwanicki, Janetta L, Black, Joshua C
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Toronto Journal of Medical Internet Research 20.09.2023; Gunther Eysenbach MD MPH, Associate Professor; JMIR Publications
• Subjects: Adults; Alertness; Amphetamines; Analysis; Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; Behavior; Central nervous system; Cocaine; COVID-19; Drug abuse; Drug overdose; Drug use; Drugs; Efficacy; Fentanyl; Health behavior; Health status; Hyperactivity; Internet; Latent class analysis; Medical screening; Mental health; Methamphetamine; Morphine; Multimedia; Narcotics; Nervous system; Opioids; Original Paper; Pain; Pandemics; Polls & surveys; Prescription drugs; Public health; Risk taking; Self-medication; Sleep apnea syndromes; Stimulants; Substance abuse; United States > US

The availability of central nervous system stimulants has risen in recent years, along with increased dispensing of stimulants for treatment of, for example, parent-reported attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in children and new diagnoses during adulthood. Typologies of drug use, as has been d...