The relationship between hazardous alcohol use and violence among street-involved youth.

CONCLUSIONS: A considerable proportion of youth in this setting reported hazardous alcohol use, which was independently associated with experiencing recent intimate and non-partner violence. SCIENTIFIC SIGNIFICANCE: Combined interventions for violence and hazardous alcohol use should be integrated into service provision programs for street-involved youth. (Am J Addict 2017;26:852-858). PMID: 29160606 [PubMed - in process]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29160606?dopt=Abstract

Source: American Journal on Addictions - November 23, 2017 Category: Addiction Authors: Fairbairn N, Wood E, Dobrer S, Dong H, Kerr T, Debeck K Tags: Am J Addict Source Type: research