title: Adolescent substance abuse. Risk factors and protective factors.
abstract: The incidence of substance use and abuse by adolescents is influenced by multiple risk and protective factors, including genetic influences, predisposition, family and peer influences, individual personality traits, and societal influences. The potential opportunities for the pediatrician to alter evolving risk factors and to foster protective influences are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, USA.
authors.forename: L H
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Patton
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D004198:Disease Susceptibility / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D010379:Peer Group; D010551:Personality; D010819:Physician's Role; D012307:Risk Factors; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology