RT Book, Section
A1 Hinckley, Jesse
A1 Costello, Clifford
A1 Kaul, Paritosh
A1 Straub, Diane
A2 Bunik, Maya
A2 Levin, Myron J.
A2 Abzug, Mark J.
A2 Schreiner, Teri L.
SR Print(0)
ID 1211974996
T1 Adolescent Substance Use Disorders
T2 Current Diagnosis &amp; Treatment: Pediatrics, 27<sup>th</sup> Edition
YR 2025
FD 2025
PB McGraw Hill
PP New York, NY
SN 9781265739898
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1211974996
RD 2025/04/27
AB Adolescence  is  a  vital  period  of  neurodevelopment,  and  youth  are  particularly  vulnerable  to  the  neurodevelopmental  consequences  of  substance  use  problems.  Adolescence  is  also  a  time  when  many  youth  experiment  with  substance  use,  and  more  than  90%  of  individuals  with  substance  use  disorders  (SUDs)  started  using  substances  by  the  age  of  18  years.  While  most  adolescents  who  experiment  with  substance  use  do  not  develop  an  SUD,  many  youth  with  frequent  use  do  experience  substance  use  problems,  recently  conceptualized  as  preaddiction  by  McLellan  et  al.