Simultaneous use of alcohol with methamphetamine but not ecstasy linked with aggression among young adult stimulant users

Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 70, Issue , 2017, Pages 27-34

  Leslie, Ellen M ^a   Smirnov, Andrew ^a   Cherney, Adrian ^a   Wells, Helene ^b,c   Legosz, Margot ^c   Kemp, Robert ^d   Najman, Jake M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Crime and Misconduct Commission   (Australia)

^d QUEENSLAND HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aggression; Alcohol; Amphetamine type stimulants; Ecstasy; Methamphetamine; Young adult

Indexed keywords

METHAMPHETAMINE; MIDOMAFETAMINE; ALCOHOL; CENTRAL DEPRESSANT AGENT; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; PSYCHEDELIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIAN; CANNABIS USE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FREQUENCY; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECURRENCE RISK; YOUNG ADULT; AUSTRALIA; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUG EFFECTS; EPIDEMIOLOGY;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ALCOHOL DRINKING; AUSTRALIA; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HALLUCINOGENS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; METHAMPHETAMINE; N-METHYL-3,4-METHYLENEDIOXYAMPHETAMINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85011662575     PISSN: 03064603     EISSN: 18736327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2017.01.036     Document Type: Article

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