Depression and behavior problems in urban adolescents: Risk factors for recurrent sexually transmitted diseases?

BackgroundLiterature on adolescent depression is not only rich in content and diverse in form, but also scattered and complex in structure. However, there is no dynamic development analysis and evolution analysis related to the topic. Therefore, this study drew a topic landscape map and predicted the prevalence of topics in the future.MethodsA systematic review was made to collect research publications on adolescent depression and describe the development of this field in the last five decades. We adopted visualization strategy and Herfindahl-Hirschman Index to uncover the latent structure of different topics from literature. The ARIMA model was utilized to predict the prevalence of each topic in the time dimension.ResultsBy using content analysis technique, 21 topics are extracted from 1,595 articles of adolescent depression. These 21 topics were further divided into four hot topics, seven stable topics and ten cold topics based on the results of the ARIMA model. In particular, we predict that “family environment and parenting styles”, “diagnosis, treatment and interventions” and “mental disorder and behavior problems” will receive much attention in the next five years.ConclusionThis paper provides temporal characteristics of each topic. This has an important implication to choose promising research topics for researchers and journal editors.

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Risk factors of repeated infectious disease incidence among substance-dependent girls and boys court-referred to treatment

Pagano

Maietti

Levine

2014

The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse

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Background A small portion of Americans account for a disproportionate amount of the incidences of sexually transmitted infection observed over a short period of time. Studies with adults have begun to characterize this population, yet there is very little data on adolescent sexually transmitted infection repeaters (STIR). This study explores characteristics associated with STIR among 102 girls and 93 boys (aged 14–18) court-referred for residential treatment. Methods Background characteristics, substance use disorders, risky and interpersonal behaviors, and history of sexually transmitted infections were collected at intake using valid and reliable instruments. A negative binomial logistic regression was performed to determine the background, risky behaviors, and social patterns associated with adolescent STIR. Results Approximately two out of three adolescents (62%) did not use contraception the last time they had sex, and 15% had at least one sexually transmitted infection recorded in their medical chart. Sexually transmitted infection repeaters entered treatment with higher rates of cocaine abuse (13%) than youth without multiple infections (3%, p < 0.05). History of sexual abuse, having sex with a person who said no, higher exhibitionism, and social estrangement increased the odds of adolescent STIR. Main effects of exhibitionism and social estrangement on increased odds of STIR were more pronounced for sexually abused adolescents. Conclusions The findings suggest a need for incorporating HIV education during residential treatment to improve health outcomes and intervention strategies that further connectedness for youth and victims of sexual abuse.

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Depression and behavior problems in urban adolescents: Risk factors for recurrent sexually transmitted diseases?

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STD Repeaters: Implications for the Individual and STD Transmission in a Population

STD Repeaters: Implications for the Individual and STD Transmission in a Population

A topic landscape study for adolescent depression

Risk factors of repeated infectious disease incidence among substance-dependent girls and boys court-referred to treatment

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