Substance Use and Substance Use Disorders in a Community Sample of Adolescents and Young Adults: Incidence, Age Effects and Patterns of Use

Substance Use and Substance Use Disorders in a Community Sample of Adolescents and Young Adults: Incidence, Age Effects and Patterns of Use

Objective: We present the prevalence and incidence rates of alcohol, nicotine, and illicit substance use, abuse, and dependence in a sample of German adolescents and young adults. Patterns of onset, cohort trends, and use of various substance classes are also analyzed. Method: A prospective longitu...

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Main Authors: Perkonigg, Axel, Pfister, Hildegard, Höfler, Michael, Fröhlich, Christine, Zimmermann, Petra, Lieb, Roselind, Wittchen, Hans-Ulrich
Other Authors: Karger,
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Saechsische Landesbibliothek- Staats- und Universitaetsbibliothek Dresden 2012
Subjects:
Suchterkrankungen
Epidemiology
Alkoholabhängigkeit
Suchtmittel
Abhängigkeit
substance use disorders
substance use
epidemiology
alcohol dependence
ddc:616
rvk:CW 6940
Online Access:http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-qucosa-100085
http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-qucosa-100085
http://www.qucosa.de/fileadmin/data/qucosa/documents/10008/Perkonigg-Pfister-et-al-2006.pdf

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http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-qucosa-100085
http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-qucosa-100085
http://www.qucosa.de/fileadmin/data/qucosa/documents/10008/Perkonigg-Pfister-et-al-2006.pdf

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