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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Adolesc Health. 2013 Aug 21;53(6):10.1016/j.jadohealth.2013.07.006. doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2013.07.006

Table 3.

Psychiatric characteristics

N Mean (SD) or
Count (%)
Beck Depression Inventory, 2nd Ed. (BDI-II) 218 13.9 (10.5)
Mean Score
Categories (%)
  Minimal (< 13) 124 (56.9%)
  Mild (14-19) 36 (16.5%)
  Moderate (20-28) 36 (16.5%)
  Severe (>28) 22 (10.1%)

Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI) 218
  Global Severity Index 63.5 (11.6)
  Percent exceeding clinical cutoff1 116 (53.2%)

Frequency of Alcohol Use (past 3 mo.) 218
  None 46 (21.1%)
  1 or 2 times 82 (37.6%)
  Monthly 27 (12.4%)
  Weekly 55 (25.2%)
  Daily 8 (3.7%)

Alcohol Risk (past 3 mo.) b 218
  None 46 (21.1%)
  Low 102 (46.8%)
  Moderate 62 (28.4%)
  High 8 (3.7%)

Frequency of Cannabis Use (past 3 mo.)b 218
  None 109 (50.0%)
  1 or 2 times 38 (17.4%)
  Monthly 7 (3.2%)
  Weekly 21 (9.6%)
  Daily 43 (19.7%)

Cannabis Risk (past 3 mo.) b 218
  None 109 (50.0%)
  Low 13 (6.0%)
  Moderate 83 (38.1%)
  High 13 (6.0%)

Frequency of Tobacco Useb 218
  None 90 (41.3%)
  1 or 2 times 24 (11.0%)
  Monthly 17 (7.8%)
  Weekly 18 (8.3%)
  Daily 69 (31.7%)

Tobacco Risk (past 3 mo.) b 218
  None 90 (41.3%)
  Low 6 (2.8%)
  Moderate 102 (46.8%)
  High 20 (9.2%)

Comorbid or Contributing Condition(s) 218
  None 114 (52.3%)
  Mild 19 (8.7%)
  Moderate 75 (34.4%)
  Serious 10 (4.6%)

Taking potentially psychoactive 217
medications or substances 12 (5.5%)

Potentially Psychoactive Substances on 217
Day of Testing 6 (2.8%)
a

A t-score of 63 was used as the clinical cutoff per author recommendations

b

From the Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test (ASSIST). Substances assessed included tobacco, cannabis, alcohol, cocaine, amphetamines, inhalants, sedatives, hallucinogens, opiates, and other.