title: Association of substance abuse and depression among adolescent psychiatric inpatients.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine whether depression levels differ among suicide-attempting and non-suicide-attempting adolescent inpatients in relation to their alcohol use.
  
  
  METHODS
  Ninety-eight adolescents hospitalized at a midwestern psychiatric hospital completed the Children's Depression Inventory and the Rutgers Alcohol Problem-Drinking Index (RAPI). Based on RAPI scores, adolescents were classified as heavy drinkers (n = 36) or light drinkers and nondrinkers (n = 62).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Heavy drinkers had significantly more depression than those who were classified as light drinkers or nondrinkers regardless of suicide-attempting status.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results demonstrate a positive association between depression levels and problems with alcohol in adolescents, indicating that youth who both suffer from depression and abuse alcohol may be at higher risk for a suicide attempt.
authors.affiliation: Case Western University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA. danielso@musc.edu
authors.forename: Carla Kmett
authors.initials: CK
authors.lastname: Danielson
authors.forename: James C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Overholser
authors.forename: Zeeshan A
authors.initials: ZA
authors.lastname: Butt
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D003865:Major Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D013406:Suicide, Attempted / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires