August 2025: Telehealth Prescribing of Stimulants for ADHD and Associated Risk for Later Stimulant and Substance Use Disorders

Dr. Vinod Rao (Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston) join AJP Audio to discuss predicting the relative risk of patients with an ADHD diagnosis developing a later stimulant or substance use disorder based on the method of prescription, in person or via telehealth. Afterwards, AJP Editor-in-Chief Dr. Ned Kalin discusses the rest of the August issue of the Journal.

• 00:07 Rao interview
• 01:53 Stimulant use disorder versus substance use disorder
• 02:59 Cohort size and incidence of SUDs
• 04:28 Length of clinician engagement in non-profit versus for profit hospital systems
• 05:18 Patient cohort
• 06:20 Potential difference in mechanism between prescribing practices
• 07:35   Continued use of telehealth
• 08:43 Limitations
• 10:03 Further research
• 11:17 Kalin interview
• 11:24 Rao et al.
• 15:41 Mahjani et al.
• 19:59 Zhang et al.