While prevalence rates for alcohol use and related disorders differ widely between adult
men and women, male and female adolescents do not exhibit the same disparity in alcohol …

Aims. To compare the occurrence of behaviours occurring under the influence of alcohol in
16‐17‐year‐olds and determine associated risk factors for the different behaviours …

Children diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD; n= 142) were
prospectively monitored into adolescence (13–18 years old) to evaluate their risk for …

OBJECTIVE: Alcohol use disorders (defined as DSM-IV alcohol dependence or abuse) are
prevalent and serious problems among adolescents. As adolescence is marked by …

We present data on the lifetime prevalence of substance use, abuse and dependence in
adolescents obtained through structured psychiatric interviews and self-report …

Aim To determine whether adolescent alcohol use and/or other adolescent health risk
behaviour predisposes to alcohol dependence in young adulthood. Design Seven‐wave …

Background Cue reactivity studies in alcohol-dependent adults have shown atypical
physiological, cognitive, and neural responses to alcohol-related stimuli that differ from the …

When conducting an integrative analysis of data obtained from multiple independent
studies, a fundamental problem is to establish commensurate measures for the constructs of …

Adolescence is often described as a time of experimentation with risky or problem behaviors
(Arnett, 2000), and substance use is one such behavior that is initiated during this age …

Rationale Marijuana is a popular drug of abuse among adolescents, and they may be
uniquely vulnerable to resulting cognitive and behavioral impairments. Previous studies …