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The Texas Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse (TCADA) is a state agency governed by six Governor-appointed commissioners. TCADA provides educational materials on substance use, develops prevention, intervention and treatment programs, and conducts studies on the problems of substance use in Texas.
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Adverse consequences of acute inhalant intoxication.
Inhalants are widely misused by adolescents and are among the most toxic of psychoactive substances. This investigation examined the prevalence and correlates of adverse consequences of acute inhalant intoxication. Adolescent inhalant users (n = 279) in residential care completed structured interviews including assessments of the characteristics of their inhalant use. Multivariate logistic and ...
متن کاملAdolescent inhalant use, abuse and dependence.
AIMS To compare adolescent inhalant users without DSM-IV inhalant use disorders (IUDs) to youth with IUDs (i.e. abuse or dependence) across demographic, psychosocial and clinical measures. DESIGN Cross-sectional survey with structured psychiatric interviews. SETTING Facilities (n = 32) comprising the Missouri Division of Youth Services (MDYS) residential treatment system for juvenile offend...
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OBJECTIVE The occurrence of psychiatric comorbidity among individuals with crack or inhalant dependence is frequently observed. The objective of this study was to investigate anxiety symptoms among crack cocaine and inhalant users in southern Brazil. METHODS The study investigated two groups of volunteers of equal size (n=50): one group consisted of crack cocaine users, and the other group co...
متن کاملPerceived risk of harm and intentions of future inhalant use among adolescent inhalant users.
OBJECTIVE To identify predictors of perceived (a) risk of harm associated with inhalant use and (b) intention to use inhalants among adolescent inhalant users. METHOD Participants were 279 lifetime inhalant users (M(age)=15.5, 84% male) identified in a statewide survey of 723 adolescents in Missouri Division of Youth Services' residential care for antisocial conduct. Youth completed interview...
متن کاملPrevalence, timing, and predictors of transitions from inhalant use to inhalant use disorders.
BACKGROUND Few studies of the natural history of DSM-IV inhalant substance use disorders (I-SUDs) have been conducted. This investigation examined the prevalence, timing, and predictors of transitions from inhalant use to formal I-SUDs among inhalant users within a nationally representative sample. METHODS Participants were 664 U.S. residents participating in the 2000-2001 National Epidemiolo...
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