Methamphetamine use among treatment-seeking adolescents in Southern California: Participant characteristics and treatment response

Rawson, Richard A.; Gonzales, Rachel; Obert, Jeanne L.; McCann, Michael; Brethen, Paul

doi:10.1016/j.jsat.2005.04.001

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“…This pattern is also apparent among adult treatment samples. 26 Furthermore, these findings are comparable to national trends in adolescent substance abuse, which show that African American youth in the general population have substantially lower rates of use of most licit and illicit drugs compared with whites and Latinos. 44 This finding suggests that Latina adolescents are especially likely to combine methamphetamine use and high-risk sexual behavior.…”

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confidence: 59%

“…24 Girls also appear to have more psychiatric problems related to methamphetamine use than boys, 25 and greater treatment-seeking for methamphetamine. 26 The limited research on methamphetamine use among incarcerated adolescents has shown high rates of use among this population. Kim and Fendrich's analysis of national juvenile arrestee drug use data collected between 1990 and 1992 found that among 4,640 arrestees interviewed, 12% of girls and 8.5% of boys reported lifetime methamphetamine use, with higher rates of methamphetamine dependence reported by girls than boys.…”

Section: Health Concerns Among Incarcerated Female Adolescentsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Methamphetamine Use and High-Risk Sexual Behaviors among Incarcerated Female Adolescents with a Diagnosed STD

Steinberg

Grella²,

Boudov

et al. 2011

J Urban Health

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Juvenile detention settings provide an important venue for addressing the health-related needs of adolescent populations, who often have high rates of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and concomitant drug use. This study examines factors associated with methamphetamine use and risky sexual behaviors among 539 incarcerated female adolescents between ages 12-18 years with an STD diagnosis. Data were obtained from interviews with detainees receiving STD case management services within a California juvenile detention facility in January 2006-June 2007. High-risk behaviors characterized the sample, such as low use of condoms consistently (43.3%), prior STD infection (25%), pregnancy history (26%), arrest charge for prostitution or drug use (23%), and a history of prostitution (18%). Half of the sample reported weekly alcohol or drug use; most commonly used drugs were marijuana (37%), alcohol (21%), and methamphetamine (16%). In multivariate analysis, African Americans had a lower odds of methamphetamine use (odds ratio [OR]=.163) compared with whites. Detainees who reported inconsistent condom use had over twice the odds of methamphetamine use (OR=2.7) compared with consistent condom users. In addition, those who reported alcohol use had twice the odds of methamphetamine use (2.0). There was a significant interaction between Latina ethnicity and having an arrest charge for drugs or prostitution; Latinas who had this charge had over 11 times the odds of using methamphetamine compared with those with other arrest charges (OR=11.28). A better understanding of the relationship between drug use and sexual risk behaviors of STD-positive incarcerated female adolescents can inform the development of appropriate corrections and community-based interventions serving this segment of high-risk adolescents.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 59%

Section: Health Concerns Among Incarcerated Female Adolescentsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Methamphetamine Use and High-Risk Sexual Behaviors among Incarcerated Female Adolescents with a Diagnosed STD

Steinberg

Grella²,

Boudov

et al. 2011

J Urban Health

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“…In the United States and Canada, heightened rates of methamphetamine-related treatment admissions among youth have triggered questions about appropriate substance-abuse treatment strategies for methamphetamine-using adolescents. (Callaghan et al 2007; Office of Applied Studies 2005) Some of the available evidence demonstrates that primary methamphetamine-and non-methamphetamine-using youth have similar treatmentcompletion outcomes in response to Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)-based treatment (Callaghan et al 2007;Rawson et al 2005). Luchansky and his colleagues have also shown that in response to a range of publicly funded treatment-as-usual approaches primary methamphetamine users manifested similar treatment-completion and readmission patterns as primary users of cocaine, heroin, or other opiates, but worse outcomes than primary alcohol or marijuana users (Luchansky et al 2007).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In addition, a case-matched treatment study of the response to treatment-as-usual showed that adolescents reporting methamphetamine as their primary drug of choice did not have a worse pattern of readmission to inpatient substance abuse treatment over a 5-year period in comparison to the matched group of primary cocaine users. While some researchers have proposed methamphetaminespecific treatment programs for youth (Rawson et al 2005), the adoption of such treatment approaches into currently existing, publicly funded programs may be unwarranted at this time, especially given the lack of evidence that methamphetamine-specific treatment approaches produce superior post-treatment improvement in comparison to a range of standard treatment-as-usual protocols for methamphetamine users (Rawson et al 2004). While methamphetamine users appear to respond to treatment-as-usual in similar ways as cocaine and opiate users, it is possible that adolescent methamphetamine users may respond even better to methamphetamine-specific treatment approach.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Prevalence of Primary Methamphetamine-Related Cases and Treatment-Centre Preparedness Among Youth Outpatient Substance Abuse Treatment Centres in British Columbia, Canada

Callaghan

Rush

Tavares

et al. 2009

Int J Ment Health Addiction

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Adolescent methamphetamine use is a prominent concern for Canadian media and government. Few empirical studies, however, have established the scope of adolescent methamphetamine use or associated outpatient substance abuse treatment utilization. The current study aimed to answer the following questions: (1) What was the overall proportion of primary methamphetamine-related cases seen at youth outpatient substance abuse treatment centres in British Columbia in 2005-2006?; (2) What kind of treatment programming did these treatment centres offer primary methamphetamine users?; and (3) How prepared were these treatment programs to provide services to primary methamphetamine users? We developed a comprehensive list of all sites offering outpatient substance-abuse treatment programs for youth in British Columbia. We asked the Executive Director (or designate) of each facility about the program's annual caseload, proportion of primary methamphetaminerelated cases, treatment approach, and preparedness to provide effective treatment for methamphetamine users. Responses were received from 68 of the 80 centres on our final master list. Approximately 11% (780/6,840) of all cases at the sites were due primarily to methamphetamine use. The proportion of primary methamphetamine-related cases varied widely across sites in B.C., with contacted centres reporting between 0-65% of their caseload in 2005-2006 as primarily methamphetamine-related. Almost all facilities integrated primary-methamphetamine users into treatment-as-usual, and few centres (12%) felt inadequately prepared to offer treatment for methamphetamine users. The current study found a substantial proportion of all cases seen at youth outpatient substance abuse treatment centres in British Columbia in 2005-2006 were primarily due to methamphetamine misuse. While most treatment sites integrated youth methamphetamine users into regular treatment programming and few treatment directors indicated that their programs were inadequately prepared to offer treatment services to methamphetamine-using clients, more evidence is needed to ascertain the most effective treatment strategies for methamphetamine users.

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“…9 Research of adolescent rates of methamphetamine use found that female youth were more likely to use than their male counterparts. 10 Data also suggests women methamphetamine users are more likely to report previous exposures to trauma, including physical and sexual abuse. 11 Messina et al study revealed that women reported violence and sexual coercion in their relationships where methamphetamine use was present.…”

Section: Prevalencementioning

confidence: 99%

Factors Influencing the Use of Methamphetamine by Dental Patients in the United States

Giusti¹,

Mushiana²,

Goodis³

2017

EDUJ

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Methamphetamine use among treatment-seeking adolescents in Southern California: Participant characteristics and treatment response

Cited by 101 publications

References 19 publications

Methamphetamine Use and High-Risk Sexual Behaviors among Incarcerated Female Adolescents with a Diagnosed STD

Methamphetamine Use and High-Risk Sexual Behaviors among Incarcerated Female Adolescents with a Diagnosed STD

Prevalence of Primary Methamphetamine-Related Cases and Treatment-Centre Preparedness Among Youth Outpatient Substance Abuse Treatment Centres in British Columbia, Canada

Factors Influencing the Use of Methamphetamine by Dental Patients in the United States

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