Double depression in adolescent substance users.
One hundred adolescent substance users were interviewed in a youth drop-in counseling center. The results indicated that 16% of the sample suffered from a nontransitory type of depression with a duration of at least one year with a superimposed major depressive disorder. The group with such double-depression was found to include significantly more alcohol dependent individuals as well as amphetamine abusers. The study gives further support to the DSM-III notion that depression is associated with substance use in adolescents.
Kashani
J H
JH
Keller
M B
MB
Solomon
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Reid
J C
JC
Mazzola
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D000661:Amphetamine; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008370:Manuals as Topic; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology
D000661:Amphetamine