TY - JOUR
T1 - Medical Comorbidity and Complications
AU - Hadland, Scott E.
AU - Walker, Leslie Renee
N1 - Funding Information:
Dr S.E. Hadland is supported by the Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine at Boston Children's Hospital , the Leadership Education in Adolescent Health Training Program T71 MC00009 (MCH/HRSA) and a National Research Service Award 1R03DA037770-01 , 1T32HD075727-01 ( NIH/NICHD ).
PY - 2016/7/1
Y1 - 2016/7/1
N2 - Like their peers in the general youth population, youth with chronic medical conditions (YCMC) are at risk for substance use, including nonmedical use of prescription medications. However, given dangerous disease-substance interactions, the stakes for detecting and intervening on substance use are perhaps even higher for YCMC. Given the risk for nonadherence with chronic disease management, it is incumbent on primary care providers, specialty providers, and behavioral health specialists to be vigilant in asking about substance use and providing brief counseling and referral to substance use treatment when appropriate.
AB - Like their peers in the general youth population, youth with chronic medical conditions (YCMC) are at risk for substance use, including nonmedical use of prescription medications. However, given dangerous disease-substance interactions, the stakes for detecting and intervening on substance use are perhaps even higher for YCMC. Given the risk for nonadherence with chronic disease management, it is incumbent on primary care providers, specialty providers, and behavioral health specialists to be vigilant in asking about substance use and providing brief counseling and referral to substance use treatment when appropriate.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.chc.2016.02.006
DO - 10.1016/j.chc.2016.02.006
M3 - Review article
C2 - 27338973
AN - SCOPUS:84964323936
VL - 25
SP - 533
EP - 548
JO - Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America
JF - Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America
SN - 1056-4993
IS - 3
ER -