Substance Misuse Among Adolescents

Substance misuse in adolescents

Harith Swadi is Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences at the United Arab Emirates University (PO Box 17666, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates; Fax: (9713) 672 995; e-mail: [email protected]) and a consultant child and adolescent psychiatrist currently practising in the Middle East. Formerly, he was Senior Lecturer at the St Thomas’ Hospital Campus of the...

Substance abuse among adolescents.

Substance misuse and sexual function in adolescents with chronic diseases

OBJECTIVE To evaluate alcohol/tobacco and/or illicit drug misuse in Chronic Diseases (CDs). METHODS A cross-sectional study with 220 CDs adolescents and 110 healthy controls including: demographic/anthropometric data; puberty markers; modified questionnaire evaluating sexual function, alcohol/smoking/illicit drug misuse and bullying; and the physician-conducted CRAFFT (car/relax/alone/forget/...

Medical misuse of controlled medications among adolescents.

OBJECTIVES To determine the past-year medical misuse prevalence for 4 controlled medication classes (pain, stimulant, sleeping, and antianxiety) among adolescents, and to assess substance use outcomes among adolescents who report medical misuse. DESIGN A Web-based survey was self-administered by 2744 secondary school students in 2009-2010. SETTING Two southeastern Michigan school districts....

Substance misuse during pregnancy.

The use of illicit substances such as cocaine and heroin during pregnancy is common. and heroin during pregnancy is common. Anonymous screening of consecutive urine Anonymous screening of consecutive urine samples testing positive for pregnancy from samples testing positive for pregnancy from a UK inner-city clinic demonstrated that a UK inner-city clinic demonstrated that approximately 16% of ...