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Abstract:
Characteristics related to the abuse of drugs in 143 adolescents who had been institutionalized in an inpatient psychiatric facility were investigated. A factor analysis generated the following clusters: (1) multiple drug usage, (2) male narcotics procurement, (3) drug history, (4) prognostic index, (5) family drug usage, (6) entrepreneurial procurement of drugs, and (7) social procurement of drugs. Results also indicated that our patients are coming to us at increasingly younger ages and that patients admitted in 1969 appear more seriously involved in drug abuse than those admitted before or after this time.
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