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Gender differences in prevalence of use more often show greater use in males than females. Males more frequently meet criteria for dependence on alcohol and marijuana in late adolescence, while females are more often nicotine dependent. A comparison of abuse and dependence symptom profiles shows some...
adolescenceparental divorceprevalencerisk factorssubstance useUsing a cross-sectional nonexperimental design and a convenience sample of 240 adolescents between the ages of 14 and 19 years, this study investigated the prevalence of substance use among adolescents experiencing parental divorce in Ghana. The...
Substance Use in Adolescents - Etiology, pathophysiology, symptoms, signs, diagnosis & prognosis from the Merck Manuals - Medical Professional Version.
- 《Journal of Research on Adolescence》 被引量: 40发表: 2010年 Prevalence and correlates of substance use among South African primary care clinic patients. We aimed to assess prevalence and correlates of hazardous use of tobacco, alcohol and other drugs in a primary care population in Cape ...
Findings also revealed that the ease of access and avail- ability of substances play a role in the prevalence of sub- stance abuse amongst refugee youth. Exposure to substances leading to the formation of the belief that drug use will create the desired effect, such as an escape from ...
Data from the European School Survey Project on Alcohol and other Drugs have shown that adolescent sub- stance use is a growing problem in western and particularly Eastern European countries. This paper describes the development, implementation and results of the Icelandic Model of Adolescent Substance...
NIDA: in general about 40% of the population report using one or more illicit drugs in their lifetime, 15% have used illicit drugs in the past year. ? Lifetime prevalence of substance abuse is about 20%. ? 25% of illicit drug use has been made by adolescents from 12 to17 years of...
Substance misuse and substance use disorders represent one of the most prominent threats to adolescent health and well-being, with potential physical, emotional and psychological adverse effects stemming from both experimental and regular substance use.
The involvement with risk behaviours increases with age, and in a general way boys present more externalizing problem behaviours, and girls more internalizing problem behaviours.The purpose of this paper is (1) to examine the prevalence of substance use (tobacco, alcohol and illicit drugs) and ...