Socioeconomic Factors Associated with
Psychoactive Substance Abuse by Adolescents in Serbia.
Inclusion criteria for men included DSM - III - R criteria for
psychoactive substance abuse or dependence.
Not exact matches
Exclusion criteria were suicidal ideation or history of attempted suicide; history of panic disorder; bipolar depression, or any psychotic disorder;
substance abuse disorder; or receipt of
psychoactive medications.
Note that
substance abuse occurs in a high number of children with CD independent of whether they are treated with
psychoactive medication.
• In families where there is a history of
substance abuse there may be great concern about taking a
psychoactive drug.
They were more likely to sustain injuries to multiple body regions, head injuries, and to be severely injured.51 ADHD has been found to represent a risk factor for
substance abuse, 47,52 and an investigation of prevalence of ADHD among
substance abusers has established that ADHD was significantly overrepresented among inpatients with
psychoactive substance use disorder.53 Increased use of health services is also seen in the relatives of individuals with ADHD.