Substance Use-Related Factors and Recurrent Depression among Former Adolescent Psychiatric Inpatients.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Recurrent depression is a challenging and common disorder in clinical psychiatry. Comorbid substance use disorder poses a challenge to effective treatments. The association between depression and substance abuse is widely documented, but less is known about how the recurrence of depression is associated with substance use disorders and the temporal connections between the two disorders in adolescence and early adulthood.

Methods

In this study, we analyzed the associations between recurrent depression and substance use patterns in former adolescent psychiatric inpatients, during initial inpatient hospitalization and follow-up period of 10-15 years. Study population consisted of 235 individuals admitted for adolescent psychiatric inpatient care, of whom 84 were in

SUBMITTER: Halonen J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12803523 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature