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International audience ; To our knowledge, the study presented in this article is the first comprehensive comparative study examining several addictive substances or behaviours, evaluated from the standpoint of both harm and benefit, and considered from an individual and societal perspective. The authors studied 8 commonly used addictive substances: alcohol, tobacco, cannabis, heroin, amphetamines, ecstasy and the other synthetic drugs (all except ecstasy and amphetamines), and one common addictive behaviour, gambling, designated as an "addictive substance". Six criteria were established to cover the whole spectrum of potential harm caused by the consumption of these substances. Three of them concern potential harm suffered by the user (acute and chronic health risks, addiction); the other 3 concern harm to society: health and social costs, legal costs, social consequences of behavioural problems. In parallel, 6 criteria were established to cover the spectrum of potential benefits associated with substance consumption: 3 concerning individual benefits (pleasure, sense of identity, self-therapy) and 3 concerning societal benefits (economic, social and cultural). ; L'étude présentée dans cet article constitue, à notre connaissance, la première étude systématique et comparative de plusieurs produits ou comportement addictifs, évalués à la fois sous l'angle des dommages et sous celui des bénéfices, considérés de façon individuelle et sociétale. Les auteurs se sont intéressés à 8 produits addictifs de consommation courante : l'alcool, le tabac, le cannabis, la cocaïne, l'héroïne, les amphétamines, l'ecstasy et les autres drogues de synthèse (toutes sauf ecstasy et amphétamines) et un comportement addictif courant, la pratique des jeux d'argent, désigné comme "produit addictif". Six critères ont ainsi été construits pour couvrir tout le spectre des dommages potentiellement générés par la consommation des produits. Trois concernent les dommages encourus par l'usager (dommages sanitaires aigus et chroniques, dépendance), les 3 autres par la société : les coûts sanitaires et sociaux, les coûts légaux, les conséquences sociales des troubles du comportement. De façon parallèle, 6 critères ont été construits pour couvrir le spectre des bénéfices potentiellement associés à la consommation des produits : 3 pour les bénéfices individuels (hédoniques, identitaires, autothérapeutiques) et 3 pour les sociétaux (économiques, sociaux, culturels).

International audience ; Objectives: During the COVID-19 pandemic, the French government has decided a general lockdown. This unprecedented situation has raised concerns about children's and adolescent's mental health. Children and adolescents diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) may find this context of restrained activity particularly tricky. The objectives of our study are to gather information about the well-being and global life conditions of children and adolescents with ADHD during the COVID-19 outbreak in France.Methods: We designed a survey including both open-ended questions and questionnaire items for parents of children and adolescents with ADHD. Parents responded to the following open-ended questions: 1) "How is your child doing since the lockdown?" 2) "How is life at home since the lockdown?" 3) "If you had a remote service provision with a mental health professional (e.g. by telephone or video technology), please share your thoughts and any suggestions with us" 4) "Please share any other items that you think are important about ADHD symptoms of your child and the lockdown situation". This survey was posted on social media on the 6th of April and disseminated by French ADHD-parent and patient organizations. The present article reports the descriptive, qualitative and textometrical analyses of the survey.Results: Between day 20 and 30 of lockdown, 538 parents responded to the survey, and we included 533 responses in the final analysis. The vast majority of responders were women 95 % (95 % CI 93,50; 97,18) with children whose mean age was 10,5 (95 % CI 7.58; 13.44). Since the lockdown, 34.71 % (95 % CI 30.70; 38.94) of children experienced a worsening in well-being, 34.33 % (95 % CI 30.34; 38.56) showed no significant changes and 30.96 % (95 % CI 27.09; 35.10) were doing better according to their parents. The thematic analysis showed that an improvement of their children's anxiety was one of the main topics addressed by parents. This improvement related to less ...

International audience ; Objectives: During the COVID-19 pandemic, the French government has decided a general lockdown. This unprecedented situation has raised concerns about children's and adolescent's mental health. Children and adolescents diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) may find this context of restrained activity particularly tricky. The objectives of our study are to gather information about the well-being and global life conditions of children and adolescents with ADHD during the COVID-19 outbreak in France.Methods: We designed a survey including both open-ended questions and questionnaire items for parents of children and adolescents with ADHD. Parents responded to the following open-ended questions: 1) "How is your child doing since the lockdown?" 2) "How is life at home since the lockdown?" 3) "If you had a remote service provision with a mental health professional (e.g. by telephone or video technology), please share your thoughts and any suggestions with us" 4) "Please share any other items that you think are important about ADHD symptoms of your child and the lockdown situation". This survey was posted on social media on the 6th of April and disseminated by French ADHD-parent and patient organizations. The present article reports the descriptive, qualitative and textometrical analyses of the survey.Results: Between day 20 and 30 of lockdown, 538 parents responded to the survey, and we included 533 responses in the final analysis. The vast majority of responders were women 95 % (95 % CI 93,50; 97,18) with children whose mean age was 10,5 (95 % CI 7.58; 13.44). Since the lockdown, 34.71 % (95 % CI 30.70; 38.94) of children experienced a worsening in well-being, 34.33 % (95 % CI 30.34; 38.56) showed no significant changes and 30.96 % (95 % CI 27.09; 35.10) were doing better according to their parents. The thematic analysis showed that an improvement of their children's anxiety was one of the main topics addressed by parents. This improvement related to less ...

International audience ; Objectives: During the COVID-19 pandemic, the French government has decided a general lockdown. This unprecedented situation has raised concerns about children's and adolescent's mental health. Children and adolescents diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) may find this context of restrained activity particularly tricky. The objectives of our study are to gather information about the well-being and global life conditions of children and adolescents with ADHD during the COVID-19 outbreak in France.Methods: We designed a survey including both open-ended questions and questionnaire items for parents of children and adolescents with ADHD. Parents responded to the following open-ended questions: 1) "How is your child doing since the lockdown?" 2) "How is life at home since the lockdown?" 3) "If you had a remote service provision with a mental health professional (e.g. by telephone or video technology), please share your thoughts and any suggestions with us" 4) "Please share any other items that you think are important about ADHD symptoms of your child and the lockdown situation". This survey was posted on social media on the 6th of April and disseminated by French ADHD-parent and patient organizations. The present article reports the descriptive, qualitative and textometrical analyses of the survey.Results: Between day 20 and 30 of lockdown, 538 parents responded to the survey, and we included 533 responses in the final analysis. The vast majority of responders were women 95 % (95 % CI 93,50; 97,18) with children whose mean age was 10,5 (95 % CI 7.58; 13.44). Since the lockdown, 34.71 % (95 % CI 30.70; 38.94) of children experienced a worsening in well-being, 34.33 % (95 % CI 30.34; 38.56) showed no significant changes and 30.96 % (95 % CI 27.09; 35.10) were doing better according to their parents. The thematic analysis showed that an improvement of their children's anxiety was one of the main topics addressed by parents. This improvement related to less ...