Traumatic Events and Substance Use Disorders in Adolescents

Adolescents at Risk for Substance Use Disorders

Adolescents with alcohol-related problems often also use cigarettes and marijuana. Furthermore, early childhood characteristics that increase the risk for adolescent alcohol use disorders also increase the risk for problematic drug use. Identifying these characteristics early in childhood can be important for the prevention of alcohol and other drug (AOD) use disorders. As a result, researchers...

Treating Adolescents for Substance Use and Comorbid Psychiatric Disorders

Substance Use Disorders, Comorbidity, and Arrest among Indigenous Adolescents.

Indigenous adolescents are overrepresented at multiple stages of the justice system, but we know very little about the role that mental health, particularly substance use disorder, plays in Indigenous pathways to arrest. This study examined the association between substance use disorder, its comorbidity with other disorders, and arrest using a longitudinal sample of Indigenous youth from the No...

In Adolescents Substance Use

In this chapter, we focus on the role of time perspective (TP) and desire for Control (DC) in self-regulation theory (SRT). Whereas self-control is the muscle of selfregulatory processes, time and control, as distal factors in self-regulation, may be considered as the fuels of this activity. We present results from a study investigating how SRT and TP frameworks can be related empirically, and ...

Sexual Risk Behaviors and Condom Use Barriers in Iranian Men with Substance Use Disorders

Background: We aimed to investigate risky sexual behaviors (RSBs) and condom use barriers in Iranian men with substance use disorders (SUDs).Methods: Of the total 1800 outpatient drug free (ODF) and methadone maintenance treatment program (MMTP) active centers in Tehran, Iran, six were selected to participate in the current study. Data were collected (n = 300 men) using three questionnaires inc...