Characteristics of adolescents in residential treatment for heroin dependence
Characteristics of adolescents in residential treatment for heroin dependence
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DOI：
10.1081/ada-200032300
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发表时间：
2004-01-01
影响因子：
2.7
通讯作者：
Rowan, A
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作者：
Gordon, SM;Mulvaney, F;Rowan, A
对97名因海洛因依赖接受住院治疗的青少年的临床图表进行回顾性分析，以确定海洛因使用的预测因素。青少年患者的平均年龄为17岁。几乎一半的青少年（48%）是女性，超过一半的青少年（53.6%）静脉注射海洛因。男性和女性都有大量的海洛因习惯，但使用量不同。男孩平均每天使用六袋海洛因，女孩平均每天使用四袋海洛因。以性别、年龄、海洛因依赖症状次数及其他物质为预测因子，64.21%的青少年被正确地分为海洛因注射者和非注射者。海洛因似乎是这些以白色为主的中产阶级郊区青少年滥用的一种重要药物。
A retrospective review of the clinical charts of 97 adolescents who had received residential treatment for heroin dependence was conducted to determine predictors of heroin use. The average age for the adolescent patients reviewed was 17 years. Almost half of the adolescents (48%) were female and over half of the adolescents (53.6%) used heroin intravenously. Both males and females had substantial heroin habits, but differing amounts of use. Boys used an average of six bags of heroin per day and girls used an average of four bags of heroin per day. Using gender, age, number of heroin dependence symptoms, and other substances as predictors, 64.21% of the adolescents were correctly classified as injectors or noninjectors of heroin. Heroin appears to be a significant drug of abuse among these predominately white, middle class, suburban adolescents.