Mental Health and Substance Abuse Characteristics Among a Clinical Sample of Urban American Indian/Alaska Native Youths in a Large California Metropolitan Area: a Descriptive Study

This study analyzes descriptive data among a clinical sample of American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) youths receiving mental health services in a large California metropolitan area. Among 118 urban AI/AN youths, mood disorders (41.5%) and adjustment disorder (35.4%) were the most common mental heal...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Dickerson, Daniel L., Johnson, Carrie L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer US 2010
Materias:
Brief Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3267929/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21161379
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10597-010-9368-3
_version_ 1782222335804178432
author Dickerson, Daniel L.
Johnson, Carrie L.
author_facet Dickerson, Daniel L.
Johnson, Carrie L.
author_sort Dickerson, Daniel L.
collection PubMed
description This study analyzes descriptive data among a clinical sample of American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) youths receiving mental health services in a large California metropolitan area. Among 118 urban AI/AN youths, mood disorders (41.5%) and adjustment disorder (35.4%) were the most common mental health diagnoses. Alcohol (69.2%) and marijuana (50.0%) were the most commonly used substances. Witnessing domestic violence (84.2%) and living with someone who had a substance abuse problem (64.7%) were reported. The majority of patients demonstrated various behavior and emotional problems. Enhancing culturally relevant mental health and substance abuse treatment and prevention programs for urban AI/AN youth is suggested.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-3267929
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2010
publisher Springer US
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-32679292012-02-16 Mental Health and Substance Abuse Characteristics Among a Clinical Sample of Urban American Indian/Alaska Native Youths in a Large California Metropolitan Area: a Descriptive Study Dickerson, Daniel L. Johnson, Carrie L. Community Ment Health J Brief Report This study analyzes descriptive data among a clinical sample of American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) youths receiving mental health services in a large California metropolitan area. Among 118 urban AI/AN youths, mood disorders (41.5%) and adjustment disorder (35.4%) were the most common mental health diagnoses. Alcohol (69.2%) and marijuana (50.0%) were the most commonly used substances. Witnessing domestic violence (84.2%) and living with someone who had a substance abuse problem (64.7%) were reported. The majority of patients demonstrated various behavior and emotional problems. Enhancing culturally relevant mental health and substance abuse treatment and prevention programs for urban AI/AN youth is suggested. Springer US 2010-12-16 2012 /pmc/articles/PMC3267929/ /pubmed/21161379 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10597-010-9368-3 Text en © The Author(s) 2010 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and source are credited.
spellingShingle Brief Report
Dickerson, Daniel L.
Johnson, Carrie L.
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Characteristics Among a Clinical Sample of Urban American Indian/Alaska Native Youths in a Large California Metropolitan Area: a Descriptive Study
title Mental Health and Substance Abuse Characteristics Among a Clinical Sample of Urban American Indian/Alaska Native Youths in a Large California Metropolitan Area: a Descriptive Study
title_full Mental Health and Substance Abuse Characteristics Among a Clinical Sample of Urban American Indian/Alaska Native Youths in a Large California Metropolitan Area: a Descriptive Study
title_fullStr Mental Health and Substance Abuse Characteristics Among a Clinical Sample of Urban American Indian/Alaska Native Youths in a Large California Metropolitan Area: a Descriptive Study
title_full_unstemmed Mental Health and Substance Abuse Characteristics Among a Clinical Sample of Urban American Indian/Alaska Native Youths in a Large California Metropolitan Area: a Descriptive Study
title_short Mental Health and Substance Abuse Characteristics Among a Clinical Sample of Urban American Indian/Alaska Native Youths in a Large California Metropolitan Area: a Descriptive Study
title_sort mental health and substance abuse characteristics among a clinical sample of urban american indian/alaska native youths in a large california metropolitan area: a descriptive study
topic Brief Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3267929/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21161379
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10597-010-9368-3
work_keys_str_mv AT dickersondaniell mentalhealthandsubstanceabusecharacteristicsamongaclinicalsampleofurbanamericanindianalaskanativeyouthsinalargecaliforniametropolitanareaadescriptivestudy
AT johnsoncarriel mentalhealthandsubstanceabusecharacteristicsamongaclinicalsampleofurbanamericanindianalaskanativeyouthsinalargecaliforniametropolitanareaadescriptivestudy

Ejemplares similares