Adolescent-Onset Substance Use Disorders Predict Young Adult Mortality

Adolescent-Onset Substance Use Disorders Predict Young Adult Mortality

Abstract This study determined whether adolescent-onset substance use disorders (SUDs) prospectively predicted early mortality. Among 870 adolescents, 21 young adulthood deaths were observed. Adolescent SUDs, as well as gender, ethnic group, hazardous substance use, and drug trafficking, predicted t...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of adolescent health 2008-06, Vol.42 (6), p.637-639
Hauptverfasser: Clark, Duncan B., M.D., Ph.D, Martin, Christopher S., Ph.D, Cornelius, Jack R., M.D., M.P.H
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Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Addictive behaviors
Adolescent
Adolescents
Adult
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
Age of Onset
Biological and medical sciences
Cause of Death
Female
Humans
Male
Medical sciences
Miscellaneous
Mortality
Pediatrics
Prospective Studies
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Substance abuse
Substance use disorders
Substance-Related Disorders - mortality
United States - epidemiology
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Zusammenfassung:Abstract This study determined whether adolescent-onset substance use disorders (SUDs) prospectively predicted early mortality. Among 870 adolescents, 21 young adulthood deaths were observed. Adolescent SUDs, as well as gender, ethnic group, hazardous substance use, and drug trafficking, predicted these deaths. Among African American males with SUDs, 23% died by age 25.
ISSN:1054-139X
1879-1972
DOI:10.1016/j.jadohealth.2007.11.147