“…Following a long gap in research activity, several recent studies conducted in substance abuse services have confirmed differences between young males and females in the prevalence of cooccurring emotional and behavioural health problems (Dean, McBride, MacDonald, Connolly, & McDermott, 2010;Edokpolo, James, Kearns, Campbell, & Smyth, 2010;Hodgins, Lovenhag, Rehn, & Nilsson, 2014;James, Smyth, & Apantaku-Olajide, 2012;Keane, Ducray, & Smyth, 2015;Slesnick & Prestopnik, 2005;Wu, Lu, Sterling, & Weisner, 2004).…”