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The Age of Onset of Substance Use Disorders

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Age of Onset of Mental Disorders

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Illicit drug use frequently starts during adolescence and young adulthood. Early initiation of illicit drug use in this period is associated with continued drug use in adulthood, the development of dependence, polydrug use and a number of adverse social, educational and mental health outcomes. Understanding when and why illicit drug use starts has important implications for preventing a major source of personal and financial cost to individuals, families and communities. In this chapter, we review research on the prevalence of drug use in the early years, the impact of early illicit drug use on psychosocial outcomes in young adulthood and widely researched models that explain the early initiation of drug use. We explore the implications of evidence-based models for prevention of the early initiation of illicit drug use.

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Acknowledgements

The first author was supported by the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council (Project APP1087781) and the Australian Research Council (Discovery Project DP100102015).

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. School of Psychology and Counselling, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD, Australia

    Adrian B. Kelly

  2. Centre for Youth Substance Abuse Research, Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD, Australia

    Megan Weier & Wayne D. Hall

  3. National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia

    Megan Weier

  4. Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research, School of Public Health, The University of Queensland, The Park Centre for Mental Health Treatment, Research and Education, Wacol, QLD, Australia

    Wayne D. Hall

  5. National Addiction Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London, London, UK

    Wayne D. Hall

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  3. Association for the Improvement of Mental Health Programmes, Geneva, Switzerland

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Kelly, A.B., Weier, M., Hall, W.D. (2019). The Age of Onset of Substance Use Disorders. In: de Girolamo, G., McGorry, P., Sartorius, N. (eds) Age of Onset of Mental Disorders. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-72619-9_8

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