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Data regarding the concomitant occurrence of substance abuse and other psychiatric disorders in an inpatient treatment program for adolescents is presented. Comparison with three other similar studies reveals that conduct and mood disorders appear to be the most prevalent concurrent diagnoses of inpatient adolescent substance abusers.
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Kaminer, Y. The magnitude of concurrent psychiatric disorders in hospitalized substance abusing adolescents. Child Psych Hum Dev 22, 89–95 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00707787
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