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  • Title: The role of mental illness in alcohol abuse and prescription drug misuse: gender-specific analysis of college students.
    Author: Lo CC, Monge AN, Howell RJ, Cheng TC.
    Journal: J Psychoactive Drugs; 2013; 45(1):39-47. PubMed ID: 23662330.
    Abstract:
    The present study examined whether and how collegians' misuse of prescription drugs and alcohol abuse are associated with mental illness and with a lack of mental health care. Nationally representative data were derived from 5,241 full-time American college students who completed the 2010 National Survey on Drug Use and Health. We observed the presence of alcohol abuse/dependence and the nonmedical use of prescription drugs to be associated with relatively serious mental illness and with lack of health care. In pursuing gender-specific results, we found that the association between alcohol abuse and mental illness was stronger among females than males.
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