Changes in adolescents mental health and use of alcohol and tobacco: A 10-year time-trend study of Finnish adolescents

European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 665-671

  Sourander, Andre ^a   Koskelainen, Merja ^b   Niemelä, Solja ^c   Rihko, Maria ^a   Ristkari, Terja ^a   Lindroos, Jarna ^a  

^a TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Alcohol use smoking; Psychiatric symptoms; Time trend

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CONDUCT DISORDER; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; FINLAND; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PEER GROUP; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PROBLEM; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ATTENTION DEFICIT AND DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT;

EID: 84878023359     PISSN: 10188827     EISSN: 1435165X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00787-012-0303-8     Document Type: Article

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