Increases in Hispanic youth admissions to substance abuse treatment programs for
marijuana use are a growing public health concern. In this study, we investigated trends in …

Mental health problems, including anxiety, mood, attention, and disruptive behavior
disorders, continue to be severe public health concerns among adolescents. Globally, 1 in …

Abstract Background Substance use disorders (SUDs) pose a significant public health
concern. Previous findings, while equivocal, demonstrate screening, brief intervention, and …

Importance Screening and brief intervention (SBI) programs in schools have the potential to
provide substance use prevention messages to large numbers of adolescents. This study …

Background There are known health disparities in adolescent substance treatment access
and engagement. The purpose of this project is to compare outcomes from school‐and clinic …

Importance Recent information on the trends in past-year alcohol abstinence and marijuana
abstinence, co-use of alcohol and marijuana, alcohol use disorder, and marijuana use …

OBJECTIVE: To investigate racial/ethnic differences in teachers' and other adults'
identification and/or encouragement of parents to seek treatment for psychiatric problems in …

Background Racial disparities in access to psychiatric treatment are well documented, but
less is known about disparities in use of substance use disorder (SUD) treatment. Objectives …

This review aims to provide a global perspective on substance abuse among adolescents
across different cultures and to review appropriate strategies in communicating with the …

Ethnic disparities in health outcomes have been identified as an important problem in the
United States. In this issue of the Journal of Adolescent Health, Callahan and colleagues …