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Self-Harm Risk Was Highest Before ADHD Medication Started

MHD card showing a night sky over a dark mountain range with one steep peak outlined in gold and a small glowing lantern at its foot, illustrating that self-harm risk peaked before ADHD medication started.

Among people prescribed ADHD medication in 5 health systems, recorded self-harm was most common in the 3 months before their first prescription, not after it.1 Risk fell once treatment began but stayed a little above each person’s unmedicated baseline. Research Highlights Highest risk before the first prescription: in the 90 days before starting ADHD medication, …

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