Behavioral Health Risk Factors for Nonmedical Prescription Opioid Use in Adolescence.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Adolescent nonmedical prescription opioid use is associated with overdose and other adverse outcomes, but its risk factors are poorly understood.

Methods

Data were drawn from a prospective cohort study of Los Angeles, California, high school students. At baseline (mean age = 14.6 years), students completed self-report screening measures of problem alcohol, cannabis, and drug use and 6 mental health problems (major depression, generalized anxiety, panic disorder, social phobia, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and hypomania or mania). Past 6-month nonmedical prescription opioid use (yes or no) was assessed across 7 semiannual follow-ups.

Results

Among baseline never users of nonmedical prescription opioids (N = 3204), average past 6-month prevalence of

SUBMITTER: Cho J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8936437 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature