Citation

Goldstein AL, Walton MAL, Cunningham RM, Trowbridge MJ, Maio RF. J. Adolesc. Health 2007; 40(3): 276-279.

Affiliation

Department of Psychology, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. abbyg@yorku.ca

Copyright

(Copyright © 2007, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.jadohealth.2006.09.023

PMID

17321431

Abstract

Violence and substance use were examined as multiple risk factors for depressive symptoms among 115 adolescents presenting to an urban emergency department. Using a hierarchical multivariate model, significant risk factors for increasing depression symptoms included female gender, increased involvement in substance use and greater exposure to community violence.

Language: en