ABSTRACT
This chapter will discuss comorbid depressive disorders among adolescents with substance use disorders (SUDs), addressing several aspects of adolescent comorbid population, including epidemiology, demographics, etiology and pathophysiology, clinical presentation and clinical course, screening and assessment, treatment, and conclusions, and future directions. This chapter will focus on cannabis use disorders (CUDs) and alcohol use disorders (AUDs), as these are the two most common groups of SUDs among adolescents seeking treatment (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 2001).
