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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol. 2014 Feb 2;49(6):961–973. doi: 10.1007/s00127-014-0825-0

Table 3.

Impairment rates for youth meeting criteria for past-year disorders, Waves 6 and 8

Wave 6 (n = 592)
Wave 8 (n = 524)
n Intermediatea Severe n Intermediatea Severe
Alcohol/substance use disorders
 Alcohol abuse 100 34.0 % 39.0 % 80 33.8 % 21.3 %
 Alcohol dependence 31 35.5 41.9 22 45.5 40.9
 Nicotine dependence 47 23.4 19.1 26 30.8 7.7
 Marijuana abuse 37 21.6 24.3 21 28.6 23.8
 Marijuana dependence 59 33.9 39.0 39 23.1 23.1
 Other substance abuse 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0
 Other substance dependence 6 33.3 50.0 7 42.9 28.6
Generalized anxiety disorder 2 0.0 100.0 4 25.0 75.0
Mood disorders
 Major depressive disorder 27 40.7 48.1 8 37.5 62.5
 Dysthymic disorder 2 50.0 50.0 3 66.7 0.0
Attention deficit/hyperactivity and disruptive behavior disorders
 Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder
  Inattention 8 50.0 25.0 4 0.0 100.0
  Hyperactivity 8 12.5 62.5 4 50.0 25.0
 Conduct disorder 53 37.7 34.0 5 20.0 20.0
 Oppositional defiant disorder 21 42.9 47.6 7 57.1 42.9
At least one disorder 202 62.9 56.4 147 53.1 38.1
Two or more disorders 99 77.8 65.7 59 57.6 59.3
a

Adolescents meeting criteria for both intermediate and severe impairments only appear in the severe count for individual disorders (not including at least one and two or more disorders)