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	Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders Among Youth Read about co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders among youth. Find out why it occurs, how often, and how important early diagnosis and treatment is for dually diagnosed adolescents. (Adobe Acrobat File)
	The Interaction Between Substance Abuse and Specific Mental Health Disorders Learn about the association between substance abuse and specific mental health disorders. This fact sheet includes information on disorders such as depression, anxiety disorders (social phobias, panic disorders, post-traumatic stress), attention deficit disorder/attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, eating disorders, antisocial personality disorder, borderline personality disorder, bi-polar disorder and schizophrenia. (Adobe Acrobat File)
	Teens, Mental Health & Drug Abuse: A Writers Roundtable Read quotes from a roundtable discussion about co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders among youth.
	Treatment Resources for the Dually Diagnosed Resources compiled by DrugStory on treatment options for patients with co-occurring disorders.
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General Information

	National Institute on Drug Abuse http://www.nida.nih.gov/ A respected scientific research institution that studies and disseminates information on drug abuse and addiction prevention, treatment, and policy.
Stress and Drug Abuse Links to NIDA publications, research reports, notes and news related to the connections between stress and drug addiction.
Drug Abuse and Mental Disorders: Comorbidity is a Reality
	Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Office of Applied Studies http://www.oas.samhsa.gov/ Provides the latest national data on substance abuse, drug related emergency department episodes and medical examiner cases, and the nation's substance treatment system.
The NHSDA Report: Substance Use and the Risk of Suicide Among Youths (July 2002) Study states that youths who reported past year alcohol or illicit drug use were more likely than youths who did not use these substances to be at risk for suicide.
Analysis of Substance Abuse and Treatment Need Issues (May 2002) Examines the association between drug use (marijuana and cocaine) and self-reported mental/behavioral problems, including depression, loneliness, anxiety and irritability. See Part III: Health and Other Problems Associated with Drug Use, Chapters 5 and 6.
Patterns of Alcohol Use Among Adolescents and Associations with Emotional and Behavioral Problems (March 2000) Provides data showing the relationship between alcohol use and mental/physical health. (Adobe Acrobat File)
The Relationship Between Mental Health and Substance Abuse Among Adolescents (April 1999) Examines the connection between mental health and substance use among adolescents ages 12-17.
Substance Use and Mental Health Characteristics by Employment Status (1999) Examines the prevalence of alcohol and illicit drug use/dependence and other mental health problems (including depression, anxiety disorders, agoraphobia and panic attacks) among the working-age United States population. (Adobe Acrobat File)
	The National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information http://www.health.org/ A resource for information about substance abuse prevention and treatment.
Assessment and Treatment of Patients with Coexisting Mental Illness and Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse
	National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism http://www.niaaa.nih.gov/ Supports and conducts biomedical and behavioral research on the causes, consequences, treatment and prevention of alcoholism and alcohol-related problems.
Alcoholism and Co-occurring Disorders Describes the relationship between alcohol abuse and psychiatric disorders.
	The National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI) http://www.nami.org/ A nonprofit organization that acts as a source for information on all aspects of mental illness.
Dual Diagnosis: Mental Illness and Substance Abuse Discusses how to recognize and effectively treat individuals suffering from co-occurring disorders.
Dual Diagnosis in Adolescents Gives an overview of dual diagnosis among adolescents.
State Mental Illness Parity Laws Discusses the enactment of federal and state mental health parity laws and links to a chart that gives a state-by-state breakdowns for 34 of the 50 states. Many of these laws exclude alcohol and substance abuse treatment.
	Dual Diagnosis Website http://users.erols.com/ksciacca/ Provides information and resources for service providers, consumers and family members seeking assistance and/or education on co-occurring mental illness, drug addiction and/or alcoholism.
Chapter 12: The Family and Dually Diagnosed Patient
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Recent Studies

	Developmental Neurocircuitry of Motivation in Adolescence: A Critical Period of Addiction Vulnerability Because drugs affect the brain's circuitry, Yale University School of Medicine researchers say adolescent drug addiction should be considered a developmental disorder.
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