title: Depressive symptoms in adolescents during residential treatment for substance use disorders.
abstract: This study examines the demographic and clinical correlates and time course of depressive symptoms among abstinent adolescents with substance use disorders (SUD) during residential treatment. Fifty-six adolescents were administered the Beck Depression Inventory at Weeks 1, 3, and 5 of residential treatment for SUD. Clinically significant depression persisted in a substantial minority at the time of discharge. Shorter length of stay patients reported higher baseline scores and a significant decline by Week 3. Longer length of stay patients showed significant decline in scores only at Week 5. Females, Caucasians, and high frequency cocaine/opiates users had elevated depressive symptoms, while those with shorter duration of abstinence did not.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA. gsubram@jhmi.edu
authors.forename: Geetha A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Subramaniam
authors.forename: Lindy L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Lewis
authors.forename: Maxine L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Stitzer
authors.forename: Marc J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Fishman
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D003710:Demography; D003863:Depression / Q000209:etiology* / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D016320:Substance Abuse Treatment Centers; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000628:therapy*