Psychic Symptomatology as Predictor to Outcome of Treatment for Adolescent Drug Abusers.

Friedman, Alfred S.; Terras, Arlene

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ERIC Number: EJ542304

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1996

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Psychic Symptomatology as Predictor to Outcome of Treatment for Adolescent Drug Abusers.

Friedman, Alfred S.; Terras, Arlene

Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse, v5 n2 p81-90 1996

Study of 176 adolescent drug abusers found that greater psychopathology at pretreatment was not found to be related to less improvement in drug treatment. For the male subsample, greater paranoid trends predicted to less reduction in substance use/abuse. Borderline psychotic symptomatology predicted to more improvement. (RJM)

Descriptors: Adolescents, At Risk Persons, Attitudes, Drug Abuse, Drug Use, Mental Health, Outcomes of Treatment, Predictor Variables, Psychopathology, Self Destructive Behavior, Substance Abuse

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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