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Study results from Karolinska Institut, Department of Clinical Neuroscience provide new insights into addiction medicine in adolescents

Published in Pharma Law Weekly, July 15th, 2008

A report, 'Long-term outcomes of adolescents treated for substance misuse,' is newly published data in Drug and Alcohol Dependence. "Little is known about the long-term outcome of substance misuse by teenagers, this is especially true for gender specific consequences. To examine the prevalence of death, physical illnesses related to substance misuse, mental illness, substance misuse, criminality, and poverty in adulthood among two cohorts of individuals who as adolescents had consulted for substance misuse problems, to estimate the effect of sex on adverse outcomes, and to compare cohort effects," scientists in Stockholm, Sweden report.

"Individuals who had...

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