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Inhalant Use: Characteristics and Predictors
Author(s) -
Compton Wilson M.,
Cottler Linda B.,
Dinwiddie Stephen H.,
Spitznagel Edward L.,
Mager Doug E.,
Asmus Gregory
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
the american journal on addictions
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.997
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1521-0391
pISSN - 1055-0496
DOI - 10.1111/j.1521-0391.1994.tb00242.x
Subject(s) - intoxicative inhalant , psychiatry , substance abuse , antisocial personality disorder , psychology , substance use , medicine , clinical psychology , poison control , injury prevention , environmental health , toxicology , biology
Volatile inhalant use has previously been shown to be associated with psychiatric illness and use of other substances. The authors examined the association of history of inhalant use with other drug use, psychiatric disorders, and sociodemographic characteristics in a diverse sample of illicit substance abusers. They found a strong association of inhalant use with antisocial personality disorder, social phobia, alcohol dependence, tobacco dependence, injection drug use, and use of amphetamines, sedatives, opiates, phencyclidine, and hallucinogens. Inhalant use was more common among white than black subjects but not more common among men than women. The implications for prevention and treatment are discussed.