Adolescent Substance Abuse A Comprehensive Guide to Theory and Practice

`[This] volume provides a unique and advantageous perspective to the trainees and practitioners in the adolescent substance abuse field. It offers a sophisticated perspective on addiction treatment techniques developed in recent years, with a sensitivity to the social and developmental needs of the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kaminer, Yifrah
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Springer US 1994, 1994
Edition:1st ed. 1994
Series:Critical Issues in Psychiatry
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • I. Understanding Adolescent Substance Use
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Terminology and Classification
  • 3. Epidemiology of Adolescent Substance Use and Adolescent Psychoactive Substance Use Disorders
  • 4. Etiology and Pathogenesis of Adolescent Substance Use and Adolescent Psychoactive Substance Use Disorders
  • 5. Dual Diagnosis: Adolescent Psychoactive Substance Use Disorders and Psychiatric Comorbidity
  • 6. Adolescent Substance Use and Adolescent Psychoactive Substance Use Disorders: Relation to Suicidal Behavior
  • 7. Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome and Psychoactive Substance Use Disorders in Children and Adolescents
  • 8. Maternal and Infancy Addiction: Adolescent Mothers and Their Offspring
  • II. Interventions: Prevention of Adolescent Substance Use and Assessment and Treatment of Psychoactive Substance Use Disorders
  • 9. Prevention of High-Risk Behaviors: Adolescent Substance Use, Adolescent Psychoactive Substance Use Disorders, and Suicide
  • 10. The Assessment Process
  • 11. Treatment Selection and Modalities