HCP Live January 31, 2024
A recent study confirmed using substances such as alcohol, cannabis, and nicotine, is linked to worsened psychiatric symptoms in adolescents.1,2 The research ultimately disproved that substances have unique or nonunique associations with psychiatric symptoms—a single substance type was not linked to a particular psychiatric disorder.
Led by Brenden Tervo-Clemmens, PhD, from the University of Minnesota Medical School, the study included data from 2 large independent surveys—the regional 2022 – 2023 Substance Use and Risk Factor (SURF) survey with 36 Massachusetts high schools (n = 15,626) and the national 2021 Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) (n = 17,232). In both surveys, students self-reported substance use and psychiatric symptoms, such as symptoms of anxiety, depression, ADHD, and suicidal ideation.
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