Chapter 20. Epidemiology of Drug Dependence

  1. Ming T. Tsuang3,4,
  2. Mauricio Tohen5,6
  1. James C. Anthony1,
  2. John E. Helzer2

Published Online: 22 APR 2003

DOI: 10.1002/0471234311.ch20

Book Title

Textbook in Psychiatric Epidemiology, Second Edition

Textbook in Psychiatric Epidemiology, Second Edition

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How to Cite

Anthony, J. C. and Helzer, J. E. (2003) Epidemiology of Drug Dependence, in Textbook in Psychiatric Epidemiology, Second Edition (eds M. T. Tsuang and M. Tohen), John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ, USA. doi: 10.1002/0471234311.ch20

Editor Information

  1. 3

    Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA

  2. 4

    Pediatric Psychopharmacology Unit, Psychiatry Service, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA

  3. 5

    Lilly Research Laboratories, Indianapolis, IN, USA

  4. 6

    Department of Psychiatry, McLean Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02184, USA

Author Information

  1. 1

    Johns Hopkins University, 624 North Broadway, Room 893, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA

  2. 2

    Health Behavior Research Center, 54 West Twin Oaks Terrace, Suite 14, South Burlington, VT 05403, USA

Publication History

  1. Published Online: 22 APR 2003
  2. Published Print: 23 AUG 2002

ISBN Information

Print ISBN: 9780471409748

Online ISBN: 9780471234319

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Keywords:

  • epidemiology of drug dependence;
  • distribution of drug-related problems;
  • space;
  • time;
  • clinical features;
  • case definitions;
  • case ascertainment methods;
  • pathogenesis;
  • natural history;
  • clinical course of drug dependence;
  • occurrence;
  • frequency;
  • suspected determinants of drug dependence;
  • prevalence;
  • determinants of duration;
  • role of treatment;
  • future research

Summary

The authors discuss the epidemiology of drug dependence and related psychiatric disturbances such as drug abuse. The main clinical features of drug dependence and a set of contemporary case definitions now being used in clinical and epidemiologic research are introduced. An overview of recent basic epidemiologic evidence on drug dependence, with and without the related condition of drug abuse, including some coverage of adolescent drug use is included. The chapter concludes with several recommendations for future epidemiologic studies of drug dependence.

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