Adolescent Substance Abuse Evidence-Based Approaches to Prevention and Treatment

Adolescent Substance Abuse Evidence-Based Approaches to Prevention and Treatment / edited by Carl Leukefeld, Thomas P. Gullotta, Michelle Staton-Tindall.

Substance abuse is, and has always been, an indisputable fact of life. People – especially young people – abuse various legal and illegal substances for any number of reasons: to intensify feelings, to achieve deeper consciousness, to escape reality, to self-medicate. And as substance-abusing teenag...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Leukefeld, Carl (Editor), Gullotta, Thomas P. (Editor), Staton-Tindall, Michelle (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 2009.
Edition:1st ed. 2009.
Series:Issues in Children's and Families' Lives, 9
Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Child psychology.
School psychology.
Social work.
Psychotherapy.
Counseling.
Electronic resources (E-books)
Online Access:Click to view e-book
Holy Cross Note:Loaded electronically.
Electronic access restricted to members of the Holy Cross Community.
Table of Contents:
  • A Selected Social History of the Stepping-Stone Drugs
  • A Biological/Genetic Perspective: The Addicted Brain
  • Individual Characteristics and Needs Associated with Substance Misuse of Adolescents and Young Adults in Addiction Treatment
  • Adolescent Substance Abuse Treatment: A Review of Evidence-Based Research
  • Adolescent Outpatient Treatment
  • Evidence-Based Family Treatment of Adolescent Substance Abuse and Dependence
  • Residential Treatment of Adolescents with Substance Use Disorders: Evidence-Based Approaches and Best Practice Recommendations
  • Primary Prevention in Adolescent Substance Abuse
  • Religious Involvement and Adolescent Substance Use
  • School Prevention
  • Community Prevention Handbook on Adolescent Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment: Evidence-Based Practices.

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