The natural history of adolescent alcohol use disorders

DB Clark - Addiction, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Aim To examine clinically relevant research on the development, course and outcomes of
adolescence alcohol use disorders (AUDs). Methods Observational studies with adolescent …

Early adolescent patterns of alcohol, cigarettes, and marijuana polysubstance use and young adult substance use outcomes in a nationally representative sample

HB Moss, CM Chen, H Yi - Drug and alcohol dependence, 2014 - Elsevier
Background Alcohol, tobacco and marijuana are the most commonly used drugs by
adolescents in the US However, little is known about the patterning of early adolescent …

Screening instruments for substance use and brief interventions targeting adolescents in primary care: a literature review

DJ Pilowsky, LT Wu - Addictive behaviors, 2013 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: A review of the literature was conducted to examine substance use
screening instruments commonly used with adolescents in medical settings, their …

Validity of the CRAFFT substance abuse screening test among adolescent clinic patients

JR Knight, L Sherritt, LA Shrier… - Archives of pediatrics …, 2002 - jamanetwork.com
Objective To determine the accuracy of the CRAFFT substance abuse screening test.
Design Criterion standard validation study comparing the score on the 6-item CRAFFT test …

Adolescent substance use and sexual risk-taking behavior

SF Tapert, GA Aarons, GR Sedlar, SA Brown - Journal of Adolescent Health, 2001 - Elsevier
Purpose: To examine the relationship of adolescent substance use and dependence to
sexual risk-taking behavior in late adolescence and young adulthood. Methods: We …

[PDF][PDF] Global status report: alcohol and young people

DH Jernigan, World Health Organization - 2001 - apps.who.int
The global burden of disease from alcohol exceeds that of tobacco in large part because
acute consequences of alcohol use lead to death and disability in the younger years of life …

Prevalence of adolescent substance use disorders across five sectors of care

GA Aarons, SA Brown, RL Hough, AF Garland… - Journal of the American …, 2001 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: To examine the prevalence of substance use disorders (SUDs) among
adolescents who received services in one or more of the following public sectors of care …

Adolescent heavy episodic drinking trajectories and health in young adulthood.

S Oesterle, KG Hill, JD Hawkins, JIE Guo… - Journal of studies on …, 2004 - jsad.com
Objective: This study examined the association of trajectories of heavy episodic drinking (at
least five alcoholic drinks on one occasion) during adolescence with health status and …

Prevalence and perceived health effect of alcohol use among male undergraduate students in Owerri, South-East Nigeria: a descriptive cross-sectional study

EIC Chikere, MO Mayowa - BMC Public health, 2011 - Springer
Background Alcohol use during adolescence and young adulthood remains a prominent
public health problem. Despite growing problems of global alcohol abuse, accurate …

Psychometric evaluation of the marijuana and stimulant effect expectancy questionnaires for adolescents

GA Aarons, SA Brown, E Stice, MT Coe - Addictive behaviors, 2001 - Elsevier
Alcohol expectancies are important in the mediation and prediction of alcohol use.
Expectancies for the effects of other drugs, although less well delineated, appear equally …