Addiction Medicine: Closing the Gap between Science and Practice

2.3 (3.9 M) 1.7 (0.5 M) 2.1 (0.8 M) 1.3 (0.2 M) White Black Hispanic Other P E R C E N T * In the past 30 days. Source: CASA Col ...

15.9 (40.3 M) 8.0 (2.0 M) 26.4 (9.0 M) 15.0 (29.3 M) Total 12 to 17 18 to 25 26+ P E R C E N T Source: CASA Columbia analysis of ...

It is important to note that 8.0 percent of adolescents ages 12 to 17 have addiction.^54 The percent of adults who meet clinical ...

Whites are more likely to have addiction than individuals of other races/ethnicities. Rates of addiction involving nicotine are ...

39.4 (15.1 M) 71.2 (1.5 M) 57.2 (2.6 M) 44.5 (7.5 M) (8.3 M)37.0 Total Controlled Prescription Drugs Illicit Drugs Alcohol Nicot ...

disorders. Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder and conduct disorder are the most common co-occurring mental health disorder ...

alcohol.* 80 Another study† found that the prevalence of risky alcohol use‡ was higher after deployment to Iraq or Afghanistan c ...

Involvement in the Justice System ............................................................................... Adolescents (a ...

Four out of every 10 (39.6 percent) fatal traffic crashes involve a driver who is under the influence of alcohol* or who tested ...

Table 3.9 Conditions Requiring Medical Care Attributable to Risky Use and Addiction Tobacco-Related Conditions Malignant neoplas ...

Tobacco ........................................................................................................................ ...

There also are serious health consequences for nonsmokers exposed to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS).^132 Children exposed to ...

substance use because of state laws that exclude alcohol and other drug-related injuries from medical insurance coverage.* 143 R ...

anxiety and depression, and cocaine and heroin use are associated with anxiety.* 163 Methamphetamine, cocaine and other stimulan ...

Long-term risky use of benzodiazepines is associated with cognitive impairment, other adverse effects and a high risk of drug in ...

Chapter IV Screening and Early Intervention Nearly one-third (31.7 percent) of the U.S. population (80.4 million people ages 12 ...

Screening and early intervention services should be provided in regular health care settings, but also can be highly successful ...

seeking. The lack of fully developed decision- making and impulse-control skills combined with the hormonal changes of puberty c ...

Attending to Co-Occurring Conditions .............................................................................. Individuals ...

Screening tools typically are brief and easy to administer and are to be implemented with a relatively broad population to ident ...