Illicit psychoactive substance use, heavy use, abuse, and dependence in a US population-based sample of male twins.

doi:10.1001/archpsyc.57.3.261

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Illicit psychoactive substance use, heavy use, abuse, and dependence in a US population-based sample of male twins.

Archives of general psychiatry - 1 Mar 2000

Kendler K S, Karkowski L M, Neale M C, Prescott C A

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BACKGROUND: In order to develop informed approaches to prevention and treatment of illicit psychoactive substance use, abuse, and dependence, we need to understand the sources of individual differences in risk. METHODS: In personal interviews with 1198 male-male twin pairs (708 monozygotic and 490 dizygotic) ascertained from a population-based registry, we assessed lifetime use, heavy use, and abuse of and...

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Adult
Diseases in Twins
Female
Genetic Predisposition to Disease
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Models, Statistical
Odds Ratio
Prevalence
Psychotropic Drugs

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Risk Factors

Severity of Illness Index

Sex Factors

Substance-Related Disorders

Twins, Dizygotic

Twins, Monozygotic

United States

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PMID: 10711912
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.57.3.261

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