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Psychiatric Disorders and Cigarette Smoking Among Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Inpatients
Author(s) -
Upadhyaya Himanshu P.,
Brady Kathleen T.,
Wharton Mollie,
Liao Jason
Publication year - 2003
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.1521-0391.2003.tb00612.x
Subject(s) - psychiatry , medicine , comorbidity , logistic regression , anxiety , odds ratio , psychiatric comorbidity , population , cannabis , clinical psychology , environmental health
We surveyed 120 patients admitted to a child and adolescent psychiatric inpatient unit regarding their cigarette smoking history, reasons for smoking, patterns of use, and psychiatric comorbidity (chart review). We administered the Social Phobia and Anxiety Inventory and the modified Fagerstrom Tolerance Questionnaire. Only six of 47 current smokers had a chart diagnosis of nicotine dependence. Logistic regression derived that the odds ratio for being a current smoker was: Caucasian race = 5.56, older age = 1.3, depressive disorders = 4.02, conduct disorder (CD) = 12.96, cannabis abuse/dependence = 24.6. Hence, cigarette smoking is highly prevalent but underdiagnosed in this population.