Understanding the complexity, patterns, and correlates of alcohol and other substance use among young people seeking help for mental ill-health

ConclusionsFindings highlight the importance of screening for substance use in youth primary mental healthcare settings, offering a key opportunity for early intervention. Clinicians should be aware of the inner connections of use and harms of different drugs and the role of cannabis and amphetamine use as a marker for more substance use profiles.
Source: Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology - Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research