Heavy metal music and drug abuse in adolescents
- 1 April 1988
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Postgraduate Medicine
- Vol. 83 (5) , 295-304
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00325481.1988.11700240
Abstract
In a recently completed study of disturbed adolescents, nearly 60% of chemically dependent youngsters designated heavy metal as their music of choice. The teenagers considered heavy metal the musical expression of forces at work in their lives—violence, promiscuous sex, and increasingly, Satan. Dr King reports on this study and recommends epidemiologic research on a problem that may have serious public health consequences.Keywords
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