Crack and Cocaine Use among Adolescents in Psychiatric Treatment: Associations with HIV Risk

Autor/inn/en	Tolou-Shams, Marina; Feldstein Ewing, Sarah W. Tarantino, Nicholas; Brown, Larry K.
Titel	Crack and Cocaine Use among Adolescents in Psychiatric Treatment: Associations with HIV Risk
Quelle	In: Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse, 19 (2010) 2, S.122-134 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1067-828X
Schlagwörter	Cocaine; Sexually Transmitted Diseases; Drug Use; Adolescents; Drug Therapy; Psychiatry; Mental Disorders; Risk; Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS); Incidence; Sexuality; Health Behavior; Correlation; Prevention; Residential Programs + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kokain; Sexual transmitted disease; Geschlechtskrankheit; Drug consumption; Substance abuse; Drogenkonsum; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Psychiatrie; Mental illness; Geisteskrankheit; Risiko; Vorkommen; Sexualität; Health behaviour; Gesundheitsverhalten; Korrelation; Prävention; Vorbeugung; Sozialer Wohnungsbau
Abstract	Crack and cocaine use among adults has been associated with co-occurring psychiatric disorders as well as other drug use and unprotected sex. However, this issue is relatively unstudied in adolescents. This study collected data from 282 adolescents (mean age = 14.9 years) treated in intensive psychiatric treatment settings to understand the relationship between crack/cocaine use and HIV risk. Thirteen percent of youths reported ever using crack or cocaine. Use was not associated with age, gender, race/ethnicity, or SES. After controlling for known factors that influence unprotected sex, the odds that those with a history of crack/cocaine use engaged in inconsistent condom use was six times greater than that for those youths who did not ever use. Thus, crack/cocaine use is prevalent even among younger adolescents with psychiatric disorders who are not in drug treatment. Its use is associated with high rates of sexual and other risk behaviors. A history of use should alert clinicians to a wide variety of possible behavioral risks. These results can also inform future adolescent HIV prevention intervention development. (Contains 3 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10