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Conduct disorder, not substance use, predicts premature deaths in youths with both
Publication year - 2018
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.30333
Subject(s) - substance use , conduct disorder , psychology , substance abuse , psychiatry , medicine , clinical psychology , developmental psychology
Conduct disorder (CD) is the main predictor of premature death in youth with both CD and substance use problems, researchers have found. These youth — and their siblings — are at greater risk of premature death than demographically similar controls.