Adolescent Substance Misuse/Use Disorders: Characteristic Features

Substance use disorder (SUD) in adolescence is a serious mental health and social problem with its significant association with morbidity, disability, and mortality. Substance misuse has progressed from the more antisocial, risk-taking, and marginal groups of the population to the mainstream of society and dramatically to younger populations, reinforcing and expanding the boundaries of at-risk populations for SUD. Research in the area of …