ADHD medication use and risk of self-harm: a multinational self-controlled case series study
Adrienne Y L Chan, Kebede Beyene, Sohee Park, Chin-Yao Shen, Andrew S C Yuen, Kirstie H T W Wong, Shiu Lun Au Yeung, Esther W Chan, David Coghill, Celine S L Chui, Sharon Cook, Stephen Crystal, Patrick Ip, Tatia M C Lee, Wallis C Y Lau, Xue Li, Terry Y S Lum, Hao Luo, Nirmala Rao, Andrew Tomlin, Li · 2026
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A large team of researchers studies ADHD medicine and self-harm in a paper from 2026. ADHD is a condition that affects focus and self-control, and it is often treated with medicine. Past studies disagreed on whether the medicine raises or lowers the risk of self-harm. The team used health records from Hong Kong, New Zealand, South Korea, Taiwan, and the United Kingdom.
Each person in the study served as their own comparison over time. Risk of self-harm was highest in the ninety days before treatment started. It stayed raised early in treatment, then fell in later periods. The authors read this pattern as a sign that the illness itself, not just the medicine, drives much of the risk.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Adrienne Y L Chan, Kebede Beyene, Sohee Park, Chin-Yao Shen, Andrew S C Yuen, Kirstie H T W Wong, Shiu Lun Au Yeung, Esther W Chan, David Coghill, Celine S L Chui, Sharon Cook, Stephen Crystal, Patrick Ip, Tatia M C Lee, Wallis C Y Lau, Xue Li, Terry Y S Lum, Hao Luo, Nirmala Rao, Andrew Tomlin, Li |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 43 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |