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 teenagers mature, they pose
particular challenges to the professionals charged with keeping
them clean and sober and helping them maintain recovery into
adulthood.
Adolescent Substance Abuse: Evidence-Based Approaches to
Prevention and Treatment offers clear, interdisciplinary guidance
that grounds readers in the many contexts - developmental, genetic,
social, and familial among them - crucial to creating effective
interventions and prevention methods. Its contributors examine
current findings regarding popularly used therapies, including
psychopharmacology, residential treatment, school- and
community-based programs, group homes, and specific forms of
individual, family, and group therapy.
Accessible to a wide professional audience, this volume: (1)
Presents evidence-based support for the treatment decision-making
process by identifying interventions that work, might work, and
don't work. (2) Identifies individual traits associated with
susceptibility to substance abuse and addiction in youth. (3)
Provides a biogenetic model of the effects of drugs on the brain
(and refines the concept of gateway drugs). (4) Evaluates the
effectiveness of prevention programs in school and community
settings. (5) Adds historical, spiritual, and legal perspectives on
substance use and misuse. (6) Includes the bonus resource, the
Community Prevention Handbook on Adolescent Substance Abuse and
Treatment.
This volume is an all-in-one reference for counseling
professionals and clinicians working with youth and families as
well as program developers in state and local agencies and graduate
students in counseling and prevention.
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