Victimization Among African-American Adolescents in Substance Abuse Treatment

Journal of Psychoactive Drugs

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 67-75

  Perron, Brian E ^a   Gotham, Heather J ^b   Cho, Dong ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^c University of Missouri   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent substance abuse treatment; Adolescent victimization; Adolescent violence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CONDUCT DISORDER; DEPRESSION; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SCHOOL CHILD; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; URBAN AREA; VICTIM;

EID: 42449093230     PISSN: 02791072     EISSN: 21599777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02791072.2008.10399762     Document Type: Article

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