{"title":"Determining Youth Intentional Fatal Drug Intoxication: The Case for a Psychological Autopsy to Complement the Medical Examiner’s Report","authors":"Y. Kaminer, Rebecca H. Burke, J. Gill","doi":"10.1080/1067828x.2020.1837322","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1067828x.2020.1837322","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Background Opioids and cocaine are the leading drugs for fatal drug intoxication (FDI). Manner of death may be accidental (i.e., unintentional); suicide (i.e., intentional), or undetermined. Difficulties of the medical examiner (ME) in confirming the manner of death by a standard investigation may result in underreporting of intentional FDI thus limiting efforts to identify, reduce, and prevent it. Objective Examine the rate of youth intentional and undetermined FDI and address the need for closing the gap in the determination of intentional FDI among youths by the addition of a psychological autopsy. Method Two hundred ninety-three (293) consecutive FDI case files from the State of Connecticut Office of the Chief Medical Examiner were reviewed. The case files were those of youths, 10 to 25 years of age, who died between January 1, 2016, and December 31, 2018. Results The annual intentional FDI rates among this group were between 3% and 5%. Undetermined manner of death rates were between 0% and 5% percent, while the remaining cases was reported as accidental. A majority of the FDI cases involved youths 20 to 25.11 years old, while a small percentage were among those ages 15 to 19.11 and none for 10 to 14.11. Male-to-female ratio was approximately 2:1 in all categories of FDI. Conclusion These low rates of intentional FDI among youths support the arguments regarding limitations in the procedures employed by a ME to determine intent. There is a need for an individual-level study of a multipronged approach to identify modifiable acute high-risk circumstances for intentional FDI, including a psychological autopsy.","PeriodicalId":46463,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF CHILD & ADOLESCENT SUBSTANCE ABUSE","volume":"29 1","pages":"80 - 87"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2020-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/1067828x.2020.1837322","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42131578","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
G. Cullen, David L. Walters, Carolyn Yule, William O’Grady
{"title":"Examining the Risk and Predictive Factors for Marijuana and Alcohol Use among Adolescent Youth in Out-of-Home Care","authors":"G. Cullen, David L. Walters, Carolyn Yule, William O’Grady","doi":"10.1080/1067828x.2020.1837321","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1067828x.2020.1837321","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The role of the family, parenting behaviors, and parent-child relations continue to be a focal point for explaining deviant behavior. An area of research within this field that has been garnering increasing attention is the relationship between growing up in out-of-home care, health and well-being, and substance use. This study uses a sample of 1,170 youth from the Ontario Looking After Children (OnLAC) (AAR-C2-2016) project data to investigate the effects of placement type, placement disruption, behavioral characteristics, and parent-child relations on marijuana and alcohol use among a sample of youth preparing to emancipate from care. The results of multinomial logistic regression models indicate that unsupervised living placements, instability, low caregiver attachment, and self-control are all important factors that influence levels of substance use among this population. The policy implications associated with these findings are relevant to service providers and child welfare professionals as programs aimed toward youth successfully transitioning out of care remains a priority.","PeriodicalId":46463,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF CHILD & ADOLESCENT SUBSTANCE ABUSE","volume":"29 1","pages":"88 - 104"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2020-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/1067828x.2020.1837321","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46190567","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kelsey McCoy, Jessie Tibbs, M. DeKraai, D. J. Hansen
{"title":"Household Dysfunction and Adolescent Substance Use: Moderating Effects of Family, Community, and School Support","authors":"Kelsey McCoy, Jessie Tibbs, M. DeKraai, D. J. Hansen","doi":"10.1080/1067828x.2020.1837320","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1067828x.2020.1837320","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Adolescents exposed to adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are at increased risk for substance use. Factors that reduce likelihood of adolescent substance use are an important area of research and intervention. The present study aimed to understand the cumulative impact of household dysfunction ACEs on adolescent alcohol and marijuana use and to examine how family, school, and community support mitigate these relationships. Results showed that community support moderated the relationship between ACEs and alcohol and marijuana use. Family support moderated the relationship between ACEs and marijuana use. School support did not moderate the relationship between ACEs and alcohol or marijuana use.","PeriodicalId":46463,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF CHILD & ADOLESCENT SUBSTANCE ABUSE","volume":"29 1","pages":"68 - 79"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2020-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/1067828x.2020.1837320","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41356140","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Association between Trauma History, Trauma-Related Psychopathology and Treatment Completion at an Adolescent Inpatient Substance Abuse Treatment Center in Turkey","authors":"D. Yildiz, A. Ciftci, O. Yalcin","doi":"10.1080/1067828x.2020.1837319","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1067828x.2020.1837319","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Some adolescents are at great risk for early attrition from inpatient substance abuse treatment. We aimed to examine the effect of sociodemographic features, substance use patterns, childhood traumas and trauma-related psychopathology on the completion of an adolescent substance abuse inpatient treatment program in order to acquire information about adapting treatment strategies to enhance patient retention. Our study included 105 adolescents who were referred with a diagnosis of substance use disorder to our Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse Treatment Center's inpatient treatment program in Istanbul, Turkey from February to December 2017. The Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia for School-Age Children-Present and Lifetime Version, the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale, the Conners-Wells Adolescent Self Report Scale, the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire, the Childhood Abuse and Neglect Question List, the Dependency Profile Index-Practitioner Form and the Adolescent Dissociative Experiences Scale were administered to the study group. The treatment completion rate was 26.7%. The patients who did not complete the inpatient treatment program had more history of childhood emotional neglect and/or abuse. The most common type of psychosocial trauma was emotional neglect (34%). Early attrition from the inpatient treatment program was related to dissociative amnesia, more severe attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, depression and synthetic cannabinoids use (p < 0.05). Our findings indicate that childhood psychosocial trauma and related clinical characteristics were associated with attrition from the adolescent inpatient substance abuse treatment program. Substance abuse treatment programs should adopt early assessment tools to identify those at risk for early attrition from treatment and provide targeted interventions for them.","PeriodicalId":46463,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF CHILD & ADOLESCENT SUBSTANCE ABUSE","volume":"29 1","pages":"58 - 67"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2020-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/1067828x.2020.1837319","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48095256","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Families and Relationships with Friends in the Genesis of Addiction in Adolescents. Essay on Life Course Analysis of 15–18 Year-Olds Enrolled in School, in Paris and the Surrounding Area (Ile-de-France)","authors":"I. Sahed, A. Jourdain","doi":"10.1080/1067828x.2020.1805837","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1067828x.2020.1805837","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Background Friends play an important role in cigarette and cannabis usage during adolescence. However, family is also a factor insofar as it can expose an adolescent to the development of consumption, or protect them from it. Experimentation with, and consumption of, these substances comes about within a specific relationship configuration: that of a somewhat conflictual relationship between young people and their parents. Methods The study was conducted in the Paris area (France) among 15–18-year-olds enrolled at school, with whom we conducted 93 biographical interviews (representing 483 person-years of retrospective observation). Results The consumption of cigarettes or cannabis is influenced by relationships with peers and meet-ups with friends (especially at weekends), as well as within the protective school environment. The relationship between adolescent consumption and parental attitude is two-way; consumption can be considered as much a cause of conflict as it is a consequence. Conclusions First, a product-based approach (tobacco or cannabis) is less fruitful than an approach of entry to addiction by life events. Secondly, analysis of both parent-adolescent conflicts and outings with friends seem to be powerful levers of action in preventing take-up of cigarettes and cannabis. Keypoints In the course of adolescence, behaviors in the consumption of cigarettes or cannabis connect with the relational context in which young people evolve at school community level The product-based approach (tobacco or cannabis) is less effective than an approach through analysis of both the conflicts and the nature of peer group meet-ups Analysis of parent-adolescent conflicts and control of meet-ups seem to be powerful levers of action for prevention of embarking on the use of products The Ageven grid for the description of life events is an innovative tool used to analyses a situation within the community as well as for the development of primary prevention","PeriodicalId":46463,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF CHILD & ADOLESCENT SUBSTANCE ABUSE","volume":"29 1","pages":"10 - 21"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2020-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/1067828x.2020.1805837","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44326736","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Michele Staton, Megan F Dickson, Martha Tillson, Carl Leukefeld, J Matthew Webster, Hannah K Knudsen, Carrie B Oser
{"title":"A preliminary examination of substance use risk among metropolitan and non-metropolitan girls involved in the juvenile justice system.","authors":"Michele Staton, Megan F Dickson, Martha Tillson, Carl Leukefeld, J Matthew Webster, Hannah K Knudsen, Carrie B Oser","doi":"10.1080/1067828x.2020.1827471","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1067828x.2020.1827471","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Research is limited on geographic differences in substance use risk factors among juvenile justice-involved girls. This secondary data analysis from one state juvenile justice system, collected as part of the NIH/NIDA funded JJTRIALS cooperative agreement, assessed criminogenic needs at intake for 160 girls from metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties. Although girls from different geographic areas did not differ significantly on key variables of interest, including substance use risk and related criminality variables, findings suggest that substance use risk is related to criminal history, substance-related offenses, and relationship problems among justice-involved girls. Implications include gender-specific juvenile justice programming and research.</p>","PeriodicalId":46463,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF CHILD & ADOLESCENT SUBSTANCE ABUSE","volume":"29 1","pages":"46-57"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/1067828x.2020.1827471","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"25513520","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kristin E Schneider, Lindsey Webb, Denali Boon, Renee M Johnson
{"title":"Adolescent Anabolic-Androgenic Steroid Use in Association with Other Drug Use, Injection Drug Use, and Team Sport Participation.","authors":"Kristin E Schneider, Lindsey Webb, Denali Boon, Renee M Johnson","doi":"10.1080/1067828x.2022.2052219","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1067828x.2022.2052219","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>The majority of epidemiologic research on adolescent non-medical anabolic-androgenic steroid (AAS) use was conducted in the 1990s and early 2000s, indicating a need to update evidence for the modern era. We aim to understand the prevalence of AAS use among US adolescents and assess associations between AAS use, sports participation, other drug use, and injection drug use (IDU).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Using data from the 2017 National Youth Risk Behavior Survey, we estimated the prevalence of AAS use and tested for associations between AAS use, sports participation, and drug use, overall and by sex.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The prevalence of AAS use was 2.98%. The prevalence among boys (3.46%) was higher than among girls (2.41%). AAS use was high among youth with lifetime heroin use (64.41%) and IDU (64.42%). There was no association between AAS and team sport participation (<i>p</i>=0.61).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Our results indicate that adolescent AAS use is an aspect of polysubstance use rather than a substance used solely for performance enhancement in sports. Research with adolescents should be mindful of the overlap of heroin and AAS use among youth with IDU.</p>","PeriodicalId":46463,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF CHILD & ADOLESCENT SUBSTANCE ABUSE","volume":"29 4-6","pages":"246-251"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9762502/pdf/nihms-1800283.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9152322","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jovani Azpeitia, Jasmine L. Lopez, S. Ruvalcaba, Guadalupe A. Bacio
{"title":"Alcohol and Marijuana Use Behaviors among Latinx Adolescents: The Interplay of Intra- and Inter-Personal Predictive Factors Differ by Gender","authors":"Jovani Azpeitia, Jasmine L. Lopez, S. Ruvalcaba, Guadalupe A. Bacio","doi":"10.1080/1067828x.2019.1691103","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1067828x.2019.1691103","url":null,"abstract":"This cross-sectional study examined the interactive effects of key interpersonal (i.e. parental monitoring) and intrapersonal (i.e. impulsivity) factors on alcohol use frequency, alcohol-related pr...","PeriodicalId":46463,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF CHILD & ADOLESCENT SUBSTANCE ABUSE","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2019-11-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/1067828x.2019.1691103","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49348255","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nemayehu Nigatu Gabremichael, G. Thupayagale-Tshweneagae, O. Akpor
{"title":"Strategies for the Reduction of Alcohol and Substance Abuse among Undergraduates in Southern Ethiopia","authors":"Nemayehu Nigatu Gabremichael, G. Thupayagale-Tshweneagae, O. Akpor","doi":"10.1080/1067828x.2019.1685421","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1067828x.2019.1685421","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose: The main purpose of this study was to develop strategies for the reduction of alcohol and substance abuse among university-going adolescents in Southern Ethiopia.Setting: The study took pl...","PeriodicalId":46463,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF CHILD & ADOLESCENT SUBSTANCE ABUSE","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2019-11-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/1067828x.2019.1685421","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43063331","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Amanda A. Uliaszek, Kevin Hamdullahpur, Laura Mills
{"title":"Examining the Effectiveness of Residential Treatment Among Adolescents With Problem Substance Use","authors":"Amanda A. Uliaszek, Kevin Hamdullahpur, Laura Mills","doi":"10.1080/1067828x.2019.1682736","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1067828x.2019.1682736","url":null,"abstract":"The present study examined the effectiveness of a residential substance use program for adolescents by comparing 56 treatment completers and a comparison group of 56 treatment-seeking individuals w...","PeriodicalId":46463,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF CHILD & ADOLESCENT SUBSTANCE ABUSE","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2019-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/1067828x.2019.1682736","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46806225","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}