Anabolic steroid abuse among teenage girls: An illusory problem?

• Published in: Drug and alcohol dependence Vol. 88; no. 2; pp. 156 - 162
• Main Authors: Kanayama, Gen, Boynes, Matthew, Hudson, James I., Field, Alison E., Pope, Harrison G.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Shannon Elsevier Ireland Ltd 11.05.2007; Elsevier Science
• Subjects: Addictive behaviors; Adolescent; Adolescent girls; Adult and adolescent clinical studies; Anabolic Agents - administration & dosage; Anabolic steroids; Anabolic–androgenic steroids; Biological and medical sciences; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S; Drug addiction; Epidemiology; Female; General aspects; Girl; Health Surveys; Humans; Medical sciences; Methandrostenolone - administration & dosage; Prevalence; Psychiatry; Psychology, Adolescent; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychopathology. Psychiatry; Public health. Hygiene; Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine; Risk-Taking; Substance abuse; Substance-Related Disorders - epidemiology; Toxicology; United States; Women; United States; Women; Anabolic–androgenic steroids; Substance abuse; Prevalence; Girl; Human; Steroid; Drug addiction; Psychology; Epidemiology; Addiction; Adolescent; Anabolic-androgenic steroids; Adult; Female; Psychopathology; Anabolic agent; Woman; Child; Psychiatry; Public health

Recent media reports have portrayed an alarming increase in apparent anabolic–androgenic steroid (AAS) use among American teenage girls; Congress even held hearings on the subject in June 2005. We questioned whether AAS use among teenage girls was as widespread as claimed. We reviewed four large nat...