OBJECTIVE: Video game playing may negatively impact youth. However, the existing literature
on gaming is inconsistent and often has focused on aggression rather than the health …

Between 1981 and 1995, approximately 5 million people from either Mexico, Cuba, Central
America, or South America immigrated to the United States. Some regional studies have …

BACKGROUND: Non-medical use of prescription opioids carries risks including development
of abuse/dependence. Such use may correlate with psychiatric, medical, and substance …

Objective This study aims to explore the prevalence and health correlates of problematic
internet use among high school students in the United States. Method A cross-sectional survey …

Background Psychiatric disorders frequently co-occur with pathological gambling. The
extent to which co-occurence extends to subsyndromal levels of gambling or differs between …

OBJECTIVE: The Internet represents a new and widely available forum for gambling. However,
relatively few studies have examined Internet gambling in adolescents. This study sought …

OBJECTIVE: This study explores suicide rates as a quality measure and identifies risk factors
for suicide among psychiatric inpatients. METHOD: Data from a prospective mortality study …

Marijuana use in adolescents is associated with many adverse outcomes, including
neurobiological and health consequences. Despite this, little is known about gender differences in …

Juvenile detention facilities have come under increasing legal pressure to provide mental
health services to detainees, and mental health clinicians may be asked to design and …

OBJECTIVE: Prior studies have found high rates of alcohol use and abuse/dependence,
depression, bankruptcy, and incarceration associated with recreational gambling. Despite …