Understanding and Treating Adolescent Substance Abuse

✍ Scribed by Philip P. Muisener

Publisher: SAGE Publications, Incorporated
Year: 1993
Tongue: English
Leaves: 271
Series: SAGE Sourcebooks for the Human Services Ser.
Edition: 1
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

Biological, psychological and social factors are considered in this volume in its exploration of adolescent substance abuse, with adolescents presented as a clearly defined group with unique needs and concerns. The author examines issues such as assessment, treatment planning, service provision and the recovery process, and proposes creative treatment approaches. Integrating the complex elements which impact upon the initiation, maintenance and treatment of young substance abusers, the author uses his biopsychosocial model to examine normative issues for adolescents and how impairment in these areas can cause - or be the result of - substance abuse. Consideration is also given to particularly vulnerable young people, such a

✦ Subjects

Alcoholism - Treatment - United States; NON000000; NON000000; PSY038000

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