SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS AMONG YOUNG MINORITY REFUGEES - COMMON THEMESIN A CLINICAL-SAMPLE

Data collected on 13 young drug-using refugees were as follows: demogr aphy (age, ethnicity, marital status, employment); premigration, migra tion, and postmigration history; substance use history; scores on two rating scales for substance use; and comorbid psychiatric symptoms and disorders. Primary drug use diagnoses included 6 cases of opium-heroi n dependence, 3 cannabis use/dependence, 2 combined alcohol/alcohol-ca nnabis, 1 alcohol use, and 1 cocaine dependent. Countries-of-origin in cluded Cambodia, Cuba, Ethiopia, Laos, Palestine, and Vietnam. Four of 6 teenagers were unaccompanied miners.