ATTENTION DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER AND THE PSYCHOACTIVE COCAINE USER

Abstract

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and cocaine user are considered mental disorders. The study will seek to certify the veracity of the association of this disorder in the population. The present work is a bibliographic review, with a qualitative approach. In general, people who are affected by ADHD possibly have other comorbidities, with a predisposition to drug abuse disorder being common. The elaboration of the diagnosis is confirmed through scale and interview instruments, and by the use of the Classification of Mental and Behavior Disorders (ICD 10), of the World Health Organization and the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM 5), of the American Psychiatric Association. Impulsivity can be observed as the main characteristic in the addict and in the individual with ADHD, and a reduction in drug consumption is also concluded, when the subject maintains the therapeutic proposals for ADHD. It is essential that treatment occurs to users with mental disorders, so that there are better development results, providing better quality of life.