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

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 286-289

  Callaghan, Russell C ^a,b,c   Brands, Bruna ^a,d   Taylor, Lawren ^a   Lentz, Tim ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^b Northern Health Authority   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Drug related harms; Methamphetamine; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CANNABIS; COCAINE; METHAMPHETAMINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; JUVENILE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMPHETAMINE-RELATED DISORDERS; BRITISH COLUMBIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; METHAMPHETAMINE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT CENTERS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33847166996     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2006.09.025     Document Type: Article

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