Inhalant use among incarcerated adolescents in the United States: prevalence, characteristics, and correlates of use.

Howard, Matthew O

Balster, Robert L

Cottler, Linda B

Wu, Li-Tzy

Vaughn, Michael G

2020-02-03T06:33:53Z

2020-02-03T06:33:53Z

2008-03

2020-02-03T06:33:52Z

OBJECTIVE: To characterize patterns and correlates of inhalant use among incarcerated youth. METHOD: Residents (N=723) of 27 Missouri Division of Youth Services facilities completed interviews assessing substance use, psychiatric symptoms, antisocial traits, trauma, suicidality, and criminality. RESULTS: Participants averaged 15.5 (S.D.=1.2) years of age, were ethnically diverse, and predominantly male. More than one-third (36.9%) reported lifetime inhalant use; 47.9% of users had tried four or more inhalant products. Comparatively high rates of use were observed for Hispanic and small town/rural youth. Commonly abused agents included gasoline (22%), permanent markers (15%), computer "air duster," (15%) and spray paint (12%). Inhalant users evidenced significantly higher levels of criminal behavior, antisocial attitudes, current psychiatric symptoms, earlier onset of offending and substance use, and more extensive histories of head injury, kidney disease, hormonal problems, mental illness, suicidality, trauma, and substance-related problems than nonusers. In multiple logistic regression models, race/ethnicity, geographic area of residence, fearlessness, suicidality, and polydrug use distinguished inhalant users and nonusers. Measures of cognitive impairment, impulsivity, fearlessness, blame externalization, polydrug use, and substance-related problems were positively associated with lifetime frequency of inhalant use. CONCLUSIONS: Inhalant use was widespread in this sample and associated with serious physical and mental health impairments.

S0376-8716(07)00396-1

0376-8716

1879-0046

https://hdl.handle.net/10161/20044

eng

Elsevier BV

Drug and alcohol dependence

10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2007.08.023

Humans

Substance-Related Disorders

Solvents

Risk Assessment

Regression Analysis

Suicide

Suicide, Attempted

Antisocial Personality Disorder

Psychiatric Status Rating Scales

Juvenile Delinquency

Adolescent

Adult

Child

Prisoners

United States

Female

Male

Inhalant use among incarcerated adolescents in the United States: prevalence, characteristics, and correlates of use.

Journal article

Wu, Li-Tzy|0000-0002-5909-2259

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School of Medicine

Duke

Center for Child and Family Policy

Sanford School of Public Policy

Duke Clinical Research Institute

Institutes and Centers

Duke Institute for Brain Sciences

University Institutes and Centers

Institutes and Provost's Academic Units

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Social and Community Psychiatry

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Clinical Science Departments

Medicine, General Internal Medicine

Medicine

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