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. 2020 Aug-Sep;68(6):650-657.
doi: 10.1080/07448481.2019.1590368. Epub 2019 Apr 4.

DSM-5 substance use disorders among college-age young adults in the United States: Prevalence, remission and treatment

Brooke J Arterberry  1 , Carol J Boyd  2 , Brady T West  3 , Ty S Schepis  4 , Sean Esteban McCabe  2   5
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DSM-5 substance use disorders among college-age young adults in the United States: Prevalence, remission and treatment

Brooke J Arterberry et al. J Am Coll Health. 2020 Aug-Sep.

Abstract

Objective: To determine the prevalence, remission, and treatment associated with DSM-5 substance use disorders (SUDs) among young adults based on college attendance. Participants: The population-based sample included 2,057 young adults aged 19-23 in college/school and 1,213 not currently attending college/school who participated from April 2012 through June 2013. Methods: Face-to-face interviews were conducted as part of a cross-sectional national survey. Results: The prevalence of any past-year DSM-5 SUD was 39.6% among young adults in college and 44.5% among those not attending college. Past-year tobacco use disorder and multiple DSM-5 SUDs were more prevalent among those not attending college. Among those with prior-to-past-year SUDs, abstinent remission was low among college (1.0%) and noncollege (1.9%) young adults. Conclusions: Approximately two in five U.S. college students had at least one past-year DSM-5 SUD. Sustained abstinent remission from SUDs is extremely rare (1-2%) and the majority of those with SUDs do not receive treatment.

Keywords: Alcohol; DSM-5; epidemiology; other drugs; substance use disorder.

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