The relationship between anxiety disorders and substance use among adolescents in the community: Specificity and gender differences

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 177-188

  Wu, Ping ^a,b,c   Goodwin, Renee D ^a   Fuller, Cordelia ^c   Liu, Xinhua ^a   Comer, Jonathan S ^b,c   Cohen, Patricia ^a,b,c   Hoven, Christina W ^a,b,c  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b New York State Psychiatric Institute ^*  (United States)

^c NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Anxiety disorders; Comorbidity; Gender; Substance use

Indexed keywords

STREET DRUG;

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; AGORAPHOBIA; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; COMORBIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PHOBIA; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SEPARATION ANXIETY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; AGORAPHOBIA; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANXIETY DISORDERS; ANXIETY, SEPARATION; ATTENTION DEFICIT AND DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PHOBIC DISORDERS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77950351541     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-008-9385-5     Document Type: Article

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