@article{ref1,
title="Alcohol Use History Differentiates Adolescents Treated in the Emergency Department After an Alcohol-Related Incident",
journal="Pediatric emergency care",
year="2010",
author="Fairlie, Anne M. and Chun, Thomas H. and Hernandez, Lynn and Sindelar-Manning, Holly and Eaton, Cheryl A. and Lewander, William and Spirito, Anthony",
volume="26",
number="6",
pages="417-423",
abstract="OBJECTIVES:: The current study compared 3 groups of adolescents identified in an emergency department (ED) following an alcohol-related event: (1) alcohol-positive adolescents scoring at or above the clinical cutoff on a measure of problematic drinking, the Adolescent Drinking Inventory (ADI) (n = 45); (2) alcohol-positive adolescents scoring below the clinical cutoff on the ADI (n = 68), and (3) alcohol-negative adolescents (n = 64). We examined whether these 3 groups of adolescents differed on measures of substance use as well as psychosocial factors. METHODS:: Participants were recruited as part of a larger clinical trial. Alcohol-positive adolescents were recruited from a level I regional trauma center for treatment related to an alcohol-related incident. Alcohol-negative adolescents were recruited from the ED and the community. The data reported here were from the baseline adolescent and parent assessments. Before completing assessments, adolescents were required to pass a brief mental status examination. RESULTS:: Adolescents in the alcohol-positive, high-ADI group reported significantly more substance use, peer substance use, and peer tolerance of substance use than adolescents in the alcohol-positive, low-ADI group followed by adolescents in the alcohol-negative group. Adolescents in the alcohol-positive, high-ADI group reported significantly less parental supervision than adolescents in the other 2 groups. CONCLUSIONS:: These findings underscore that alcohol-positive adolescents being treated in an ED are a heterogeneous group with respect to substance use as well as parent and peer risk factors. Physicians need to consider relevant background factors when making individualized discharge recommendations.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0749-5161",
doi="10.1097/PEC.0b013e3181e057a4",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/PEC.0b013e3181e057a4"
}