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. 2007;17(1):65-82.
doi: 10.1300/J029v17n01_04.

Relapse Contexts for Substance Abusing Adolescents with Comorbid Psychopathology

Kristen G Anderson  1 , Kevin C Frissell  2 , Sandra A Brown  3
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Relapse Contexts for Substance Abusing Adolescents with Comorbid Psychopathology

Kristen G Anderson et al. J Child Adolesc Subst Abuse. 2007.

Abstract

The relationship of diagnosis, developmentally relevant factors (e.g., life stress, peer substance use) and mental health symptoms to contexts of a return to substance use were examined for 103 substance abusing adolescents with Axis I psychopathology (ages 12-17) following inpatient treatment. Proximal psychiatric symptoms and developmentally relevant factors, but not psychiatric diagnosis at treatment entry, predicted contexts in which youth returned to alcohol and drug use in the 6 months following treatment. The findings suggest that comorbid youth are similar to same-aged peers without comorbid psychopathology and adults with comorbid psychopathology in regard to contexts associated with a return to substance involvement.

Keywords: Substance use disorder; adolescents; comorbidity; relapse.

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