Adolescent Substance Abuse: A Guide to Prevention and Treatment

An enlightening discussion of the major issues related to the prevention and treatment of adolescent substance abuse. Information-packed chapters lend a new perspective to the field and suggest implications for practice in services for youth.

Contents Introduction: Understanding Adolescent Substance Abuse Substance Abuse and Social Deviance: A Youth Assessment Framework Childhood: Setting the Stage for Addiction Influences on Adolescent Problem Behavior: Causes, Connections, and Contexts Reducing Black Adolescents' Drug Use: Family Revisited Hispanic Adolescents and Substance Abuse: Issues for the 1980s Psychotropic and General Drug Use by Mentally Retarded Persons: A Test of the Status Model of Drug Use Conceptual and Clinical Issues in the Treatment of Adolescent Alcohol and Substance Misusers