ND suggest that the diagnosis may function as a universal safety flag in youth addiction care. However, differences in indicator burden and cluster-derived profiles offer a more nuanced understanding of vulnerability, supporting the need to prioritize care based on individualized configurations of RFs rather than the diagnostic label alone. Findings reinforce the relevance of standardized nursing language for structured assessment and tailored intervention planning in this population.
Fantuzzi et al. (Fri,) studied this question.