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Marijuana use disorders and conduct problems declined among teens from 2002–2013
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
the brown university child and adolescent psychopharmacology update
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7567
pISSN - 1527-8395
DOI - 10.1002/cpu.30140
Subject(s) - conduct disorder , psychology , psychiatry , clinical psychology
Researchers looked at trends in the past‐year prevalence of marijuana use disorders (using DSM‐IV criteria) among adolescents, searching for explanations. They found a significant decline — 24% — from the years 2002 to 2013, and the main explanation they suggested for this was a decline in conduct disorders. The resilience factors preventing marijuana use disorders may be the same as those preventing conduct problems, the researchers suggested.