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FIGURE 3. Locati<strong>on</strong> and populati<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Kagawa Prefecture.<br />

SOLVENT ABUSE AMONG HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS<br />

Fukui and colleagues (1991) c<strong>on</strong>ducted an extensive survey <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> solvent<br />

abuse am<strong>on</strong>g 5,240 junior high school students in 12 public schools in<br />

Chiba Prefecture near Tokyo. One-and-a-half percent <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> all students<br />

reported use <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> solvents at least <strong>on</strong>ce in the past, including 2.1 percent <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />

male students and 0.9 percent <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> female students. This percent might be<br />

an underestimate, since the survey was c<strong>on</strong>ducted am<strong>on</strong>g students who<br />

were in classrooms at the time <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the survey and these might have been<br />

relatively healthy students who attend school <strong>on</strong> a regular basis. Many<br />

solvent abusers are thought to be absent or dropouts from school. The<br />

survey also suggested that n<strong>on</strong>users have more satisfying school and<br />

family lives than solvent users.<br />

BACKGROUNDS AND PROGNOSIS OF ADOLESCENT<br />

SOLVENT ABUSERS<br />

Results <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> a study <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> 64 cases <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> solvent abuse who presented to the Child<br />

Guidance Center will be described (Suwaki et al. 1982). Child Guidance<br />

Center primarily is an assessment center and works with clients, their<br />

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