“…In another two studies, it has also been reported that alcohol dependent patients who have a comorbid ADHD are characterized by early initiation of addiction (Ercan, Coskunol, Varan, & Toksoz, 2003;Sartor, Lynskey, Heath, Jacob, & True, 2007;Sringeri, Rajkumar, Muralidharan, Chandrashekar, & Benegal, 2008). This would affect treatment, since early initiation has been associated with more severe addiction, family history, behavioural problems in childhood, greater craving, hostility, antisocial personality traits, mood disorders and poorer social adjustment than patients who develop dependence later (Sringeri, Rajkumar, Muralidharan, Chandrashekar, & Benegal, 2008).…”