title: Psychiatric Comorbidity and Complications.
abstract: This article highlights the prevalence of co-occurring disorders among adolescents and underscores the complexity and opportunities of treating these patients in a systematic, comprehensive approach. As evidenced by this review, the need exists to develop and test models of care that integrate co-occurring disorders into both psychiatric and substance abuse treatment settings. The challenge for pediatric practitioners is to provide detailed assessments linked to evidence-based treatment plans to account for the variations in adolescent development and the unique risk factor profile of each patient. The issues related to co-morbidity are vast and continue to grow with rapidly increasing research literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Commonwealth Institute for Child & Family Studies, Virginia Commonwealth University, 515 North 10th Street, P.O.Box 980489, Richmond, VA 23298-0489, USA. Electronic address: mjmason@vcu.edu.
authors.forename: Michael J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Mason
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Commonwealth Institute for Child & Family Studies, Virginia Commonwealth University, 515 North 10th Street, P.O.Box 980489, Richmond, VA 23298-0489, USA.
authors.forename: Alexis
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Aplasca
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Commonwealth Institute for Child & Family Studies, Virginia Commonwealth University, 515 North 10th Street, P.O.Box 980489, Richmond, VA 23298-0489, USA.
authors.forename: Rosa
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Morales-Theodore
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Commonwealth Institute for Child & Family Studies, Virginia Commonwealth University, 515 North 10th Street, P.O.Box 980489, Richmond, VA 23298-0489, USA.
authors.forename: Nikola
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Zaharakis
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Commonwealth Institute for Child & Family Studies, Virginia Commonwealth University, 515 North 10th Street, P.O.Box 980489, Richmond, VA 23298-0489, USA.
authors.forename: Julie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Linker
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000523:psychology; D017831:Diagnosis, Dual (Psychiatry); D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*
keywords: Adolescents; Co-occurring disorder; Dual diagnosis; Psychiatric comorbidity; Substance use disorder; Treatment