Diversion and Abuse of Prescribed Methylphenidate – A Survey of an
                    Outpatient Clinic for Adult Persons with ADHD

Pharmacopsychiatry
DOI: 10.1055/a-2545-1286

Letter to the Editor

Mona Abdel-Hamid

¹LVR-University Hospital Essen, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany

²Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center Göttingen (UMG), Göttingen, Germany

,

Naomi Lyons

¹LVR-University Hospital Essen, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany

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Michael Specka

¹LVR-University Hospital Essen, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany

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Claudia Bartels

²Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center Göttingen (UMG), Göttingen, Germany

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Michael Belz

²Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center Göttingen (UMG), Göttingen, Germany

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Philipp Hessmann

²Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center Göttingen (UMG), Göttingen, Germany

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Henrike Schecke

¹LVR-University Hospital Essen, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany

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Thomas Zwarg

¹LVR-University Hospital Essen, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany

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Norbert Scherbaum

¹LVR-University Hospital Essen, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany

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