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August 25, 2025The Brown University Child & Adolescent Psychopharmacology Update

Stimulant prescribing up among teens, but nonmedical use down

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Stimulant prescribing has increased among adolescents, while nonmedical use has decreased significantly.
Dispensed stimulant prescriptions among teens rose, indicating a shift towards more medical usage as nonmedical instances fell by an unknown amount.
This analysis focuses on prescription patterns of stimulants in adolescents, examining both medical and nonmedical contexts.
The findings suggest a need for continued monitoring of stimulant use trends in this age group to ensure proper health management.

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Analysis finds increased stimulant prescribing but decreased nonmedical use in adolescents, highlighting evolving patterns.

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An analysis of trends in “medical and nonmedical use of prescription stimulants” has found that while dispensing has increased, nonmedical use has decreased among adolescents.

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Alison Knopf (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68af5d6fad7bf08b1eae112f https://doi.org/10.1002/cpu.31002

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Analysis finds increased stimulant prescribing but decreased nonmedical use in adolescents, highlighting evolving patterns.

Abstract

An analysis of trends in “medical and nonmedical use of prescription stimulants” has found that while dispensing has increased, nonmedical use has decreased among adolescents.

Stimulant prescribing up among teens, but nonmedical use down

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Stimulant prescribing up among teens, but nonmedical use down

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