Archives of general psychiatry
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Arch. Gen. Psychiatry · Nov 2011
Racial/ethnic variations in substance-related disorders among adolescents in the United States.
While young racial/ethnic groups are the fastest growing population in the United States, data about substance-related disorders among adolescents of various racial/ethnic backgrounds are lacking. ⋯ Substance use is widespread among adolescents of Native American, white, Hispanic, and multiple race/ethnicity. These groups also are disproportionately affected by substance-related disorders.
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Arch. Gen. Psychiatry · Nov 2011
Persistence of addictive disorders in a first-offender driving while impaired population.
We compared the prevalence of alcohol use and other psychiatric disorders in offenders 15 years after a first conviction for driving while impaired with a general population sample. ⋯ In this sample, high rates of addictive disorders persisted over 10 years among first offenders and greatly exceeded those found in a general population sample.
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Arch. Gen. Psychiatry · Nov 2011
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