Methamphetamine use, aggressive behavior and other mental health issues among high-school students in Cape Town, South Africa

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 109, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 14-19

  Plüddemann, Andreas ^a   Flisher, Alan J ^b,c   McKetin, Rebecca ^d   Parry, Charles ^a,e   Lombard, Carl ^a  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^e STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Aggression; Mental health; Methamphetamine use; South Africa

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; CANNABIS; COCAINE; DIAMORPHINE; MANDRAX; METHAMPHETAMINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSIVENESS; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CHILD; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG MISUSE; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MOOD DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING TEST; SOUTH AFRICA;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGGRESSION; AMPHETAMINE-RELATED DISORDERS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; COHORT STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; METHAMPHETAMINE; POVERTY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOUTH AFRICA; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 77953025719     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2009.11.021     Document Type: Article

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