Self-reported use of drugs for sleep or distress among French adolescents
Journal of Adolescent HealthPublished 1 September 1994
Sylvie Ledoux, Marie Choquet, Robert Manfredi
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Adolescent psychotropic drug use was related to current depressive mood or somatic complaints, and to consumption of psychotropic drugs during childhood, and current depression and past psychotropic use between the ages of 6-12 years were the major associated factors of adolescent consumption.
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The hypothesis of psychotropic drug use as an early "learned" response to psychological problems is discussed.
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