Adolescent alcohol use is associated with myriad adverse consequences and contributes to
the leading causes of mortality among youth. Despite the magnitude of this public health …

OBJECTIVE: Little is known about the validity of the DSM-IV criteria for alcohol use disorders
when applied to adolescents. This report describes a group of “diagnostic orphans,” …

Alcohol and other substance use disorders are highly comorbid, but little is known about
patterns of polydrug use in adolescents with different levels of alcohol involvement. This …

Objective: The purpose of this study is to describe endorsement rates of substance use
criteria among homeless adolescents and to evaluate the reliability of diagnostic …

Item response theory (IRT) has advantages over classical test theory in evaluating
diagnostic criteria. In this study, the authors used IRT to characterize the psychometric …

BACKGROUND: This study compared six of the briefest screening instruments for detecting
DSM-IV-defined Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) among older adolescents treated in …

This volume reviews a range of empirically supported approaches to prevention and
treatment of adolescent substance use problems. The focus is on motivationally based brief …

Adolescent solitary drinking may represent an informative divergence from normative
behavior, with important implications for understanding risk for alcohol-use disorders later in …

Objective: Limited prospective data indicate that premorbid sleep disturbances elevate the
risk for subsequent alcohol and other drug problems, yet the implications for subsequent …

Background: Alcohol use disorders (AUDs) among adolescents are associated with a high
prevalence of conduct disorder (CD), much as type II alcoholism in adults is associated with …