Depression and substance use in minority middle-school students.

Autor: Kelder SH; University of Texas-Houston, School of Public Health, Center for Health Promotion and Prevention Research, 7000 Fannin St, Suite 2622, Houston, TX 77030, USA. kelder@sph.uth.tmc.edu, Murray NG, Orpinas P, Prokhorov A, McReynolds L, Zhang Q, Roberts R
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: American journal of public health [Am J Public Health] 2001 May; Vol. 91 (5), pp. 761-6.
DOI: 10.2105/ajph.91.5.761
Abstrakt: Objectives: This study investigated the association between depression and substance use in a sample of middle-school students.
Methods: The 5721 students (59%-63% Hispanic) completed self-report items on depressive symptoms, recent smoking and binge drinking, and lifetime use of marijuana, cocaine, and inhalants.
Results: Symptoms of depression were strongly and positively related to substance use. For every type of use, a stepwise increase was seen between the percentage of students with low symptom frequency and the percentage of students with more symptoms. A sizable number of users reported symptoms indicating major depression. Depression scores showed few clinically meaningful differences among demographic subgroups. Substance use scores, in contrast, showed meaningful intergroup differences for racial/ethnic group and other demographic variables.
Conclusions: Depressive symptoms and substance use were associated in a sample of middle-school students who were largely non-White and predominantly Hispanic. Greater understanding of the nature of this association is needed; this understanding should be used to design prevention programs, and prevention programs should be introduced at least in the middle-school years.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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