TY - JOUR
T1 - Substance use disorders among young minority refugees
T2 - Common themes in a clinical sample
AU - Westermeyer, J.
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 1997
Y1 - 1997
N2 - Data collected on 13 young drug-using refugees were as follows: demography (age, ethnicity, marital status, employment); premigration, migration, and postmigration history; substance use history; scores on two rating scales for substance use; and comorbid psychiatric symptoms and disorders. Primary drug use diagnosis included 6 cases of opium-heroin dependence, 3 cannabis use/dependence, 2 combined alcohol/alcohol-cannabis, 1 alcohol use, and 1 cocaine dependent. Countries-of-origin included Cambodia, Cuba, Ethiopia, Laos, Palestine, and Vietnam. Four of 6 teenagers were unaccompanied minors.
AB - Data collected on 13 young drug-using refugees were as follows: demography (age, ethnicity, marital status, employment); premigration, migration, and postmigration history; substance use history; scores on two rating scales for substance use; and comorbid psychiatric symptoms and disorders. Primary drug use diagnosis included 6 cases of opium-heroin dependence, 3 cannabis use/dependence, 2 combined alcohol/alcohol-cannabis, 1 alcohol use, and 1 cocaine dependent. Countries-of-origin included Cambodia, Cuba, Ethiopia, Laos, Palestine, and Vietnam. Four of 6 teenagers were unaccompanied minors.
KW - Drug use
KW - Immigrant
KW - Psychiatric disorders
KW - Refugee
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U2 - 10.3109/10826089709035614
DO - 10.3109/10826089709035614
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0030667316
SN - 1082-6084
VL - 32
SP - 1979
EP - 1984
JO - Substance Use and Misuse
JF - Substance Use and Misuse
IS - 12-13
ER -
