Substance use and mental health survey questions were based on standardized, validated instruments. A total of 589 patients (83.3% female, mean age 53.6 years [SD 12.8], mean BMI 35.4 [SD 9.1], 54.5% Non-Hispanic white, 22.3% post-MBS) were included. Seventeen patients (2.9%) tested ...
son or daughter's substance use. No treatment professional will blame you or want you to blame yourself if your child has developed a problem. There are many pathways that can lead toadolescent problems with alcohol and other drugs, and these problems unfold in differentpatterns that require dif...
METHOD: The survey was administered to ninth- and 12th-grade public school students. Participation was voluntary, and survey questionnaires were anonymous. The survey included questions about the use of substances during the past year and the presence of DSM-IV criterion symptoms for substance abuse...
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Substance abuse can be defined as a pattern of harmful use of any substance for mood-altering purposes. Learn more about the types of commonly misused drugs.
Objectives: To provide current national estimates of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and questioning (LGBQ) adolescents' (grades 9-12) substance use risks. Methods: The 2015 national Youth Risk Behavior Survey included questions for 19 substance use outcomes covering 15 substances. LGBQ adolescents' substance...
Introduction: The purpose of this study was to examine racial/ethnic disparities in being forced to have sexual intercourse against one’s will, and the effect of substance use on these disparities.Methods: We analyzed data from adolescent women participating in the Youth Risk Behavior Survey. Biva...
Data from three consecutive years (2015–2017) was combined to identify differences in substance use between SM and their heterosexual counterparts. The NSDUH includes questions on sexual identity in interviews conducted with respondents 18 or older. Sexual identity was ascertained through the completion...
Sexual Harassment.Sexual violence was assessed with questions asking about sexual harassment and sexual acts without consent, using items adapted from Cantor [20]. To determine if a participant had been the victim of sexual harassment, the survey asked respondents to indicate how often (1) someone...
A total of 695 nurses initiated the survey, of which 615 completed descriptive demographic and substance use questions (Table 1). Among those responding to substance use items and reporting an increase in substance use (n = 198; 32%), n = 159 (25.9%) reported a current increase in drinkin...