Young Cannabis Users in Residential Treatment: As Distressed as Other Clients

Anthony J. Arcuri; John Howard; Melissa Norberg; Jan Copeland; Barbara Toson

doi:10.3109/10826084.2011.580034

Young Cannabis Users in Residential Treatment: As Distressed as Other Clients

Anthony J. Arcuri, John Howard, Melissa Norberg, Jan Copeland, Barbara Toson

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Abstract

Doubt remains about the need for residential substance user treatment for young cannabis users. Using a series of validated clinical tools, this study compared 1,221 primarily cannabis-, psychostimulant-, alcohol-, or opioid-dependent young people admitted to an urban/rural Australian residential treatment program between 2001 and 2007. Multinomial logistic regression revealed that the cannabis user group had poorer mental health than the opioid group, poorer social functioning than the alcohol drinking group, and comparably poor functioning otherwise but remained in treatment longer than the psychostimulant and opioid user groups. Residential treatment for primarily cannabis-dependent young people with complex and multiple needs can be supported.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1335-1345
Number of pages	11
Journal	Substance Use and Misuse
Volume	46
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3109/10826084.2011.580034
Publication status	Published - 27 Jul 2011
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Cannabis
Mental health
Psychosocial functioning
Residential treatment
Young people

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