title: The clinical characteristics of adolescents reporting methamphetamine as their primary drug of choice: an examination of youth admitted to inpatient substance-abuse treatment in northern British Columbia, Canada, 2001-2005.
abstract: We conducted a 5-year medical-chart review of all admissions to an inpatient adolescent substance-abuse program. Youth indicating methamphetamine as their primary drug of choice did not have worse dropout rates or a more severe baseline profile on 4 Addiction Severity Index subscales (Family/Social Conflict, Legal, Psychological, and Medical), compared to adolescents reporting another drug of choice.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Russell_Callaghan@camh.net
authors.forename: Russell C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Callaghan
authors.forename: Bruna
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Brands
authors.forename: Lawren
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Taylor
authors.forename: Tim
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lentz
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D019969:Amphetamine-Related Disorders / Q000145:classification / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy; D001955:British Columbia / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D008694:Methamphetamine; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D016320:Substance Abuse Treatment Centers / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000145:classification / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D008694:Methamphetamine