title: Mental health and the use of alcohol, tobacco, analgesics and vitamins in a secondary school population.
abstract: A survey of mental health in relation to patterns of alcohol, tobacco, pharmaceutical drug use and reducing diets was carried out in six Hobart high schools and matriculation colleges. A response rate of 89% was achieved, yielding a sample of 2,419 teenagers. Psychiatric disorder was assessed by the 60-item General Health Questionnaire. A statistically significant association was found between the probability of psychiatric disturbance and the use of alcohol, cigarettes, analgesics, vitamin supplements and weight-reducing diets.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000428:Alcohol Drinking; D000700:Analgesics; D001315:Australia; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012651:Self Medication; D012907:Smoking; D013334:Students; D014815:Vitamins
chemical_list: D000700:Analgesics; D014815:Vitamins