Self-Check Tools Substance Use Check for Adolescents This assessment is intended for members under 18 years of age. In the past year, how many times have you used: Fields marked with an asterisk (*) are required Tobacco* Never Once or Twice ...
Substance use and abuse among Latinx adolescents is an important public health challenge because adolescents are highly vulnerable to substance use, and substance use can have a negative impact on their overall health and well-being. In this chapter, we provide a very brief history of the growth...
For example, considering both adults and adolescents, recent estimates are that the use and abuse of alcohol, nicotine, and illegal drugs cost the United States approximately $257 billion per year, exceeding the costs associated with heart disease or cancer (Institute of Medicine, 1994a). ...
Among those â¥5 years of age on 9/11, fear for personal safety on 9/11 was significantly associated with having ever smoked cigarettes, ever drank, and ever used marijuana. Intervention and education for adolescents particularly focused on substance use and coping strategies may be ...
Mental disorders, including substance use disorders, frequently arise during adolescence and track into adulthood. Protracted neurodevelopment may prime adolescents toward the substance use and increase the vulnerability to harm. Effective public health
The link between substance use, sexual practices, and testing for HIV was prevalent in adolescents living in the US | Image credit: jarun011 - stock.adobe.com There were 30,909 participants in this study who had a mean (SE) age of 16 (0.03) years and who were 51% male. The populati...
Much research and attention has focused on addressing the extremes of the adolescent substance use spectrum: either the prevention of substance use prior to its onset or the treatment of those with a substance use disorder (SUD). Little research has looked at adolescents who fall mid-continuum. ...
Adolescents and Substance UseHumansSubstance-Related DisordersMass ScreeningTreatment OutcomePopulation SurveillancePrevalenceRisk FactorsPrimary PreventionAdolescentUnited StatesBlum RW.doi:10.1080/02615479.2014.919100BowditchDaveSocial Work Education
The purpose of this study is to advance our understanding of family-based adversities and adolescent well-being by examining variability in substance use profiles among urban, low-income and predominantly African American adolescents (n = 2858). Latent class analysis and regressions were used to ...
Adolescent substance use is a health risk behavior defined by the recreational consumption of (typically) mood-altering chemicals. Substances often used by adolescents include alcohol, tobacco, caffeine, inhalants, marijuana, and cocaine or crack, as well as nonprescribed use of pharmaceuticals. Use ...