Treatment of comorbid adolescent cannabis use and major depressive disorder.
The comorbidity of unipolar depression with substance use disorders (SUD) in adolescents is well established and accounts for 24 to 50 percent in clinical samples. Very little empirical data exist on the treatment of dually diagnosed youth. The objective of this paper is twofold: 1) We will review the literature on SUD and unipolar depression; and 2) we will provide guidelines for a combined pharmacological and psychosocial intervention based on a clinical case example.
Kaminer
Yifrah
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Alcohol Research Center and the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, USA. kaminer@psychiatry.uchc.edu
Connor
Daniel F
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Curry
John F
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