Adolescent Substance Abuse: Research and Clinical Advances / Edition 1

by Howard A. Liddle, Cynthia L. Rowe

Overview

Adolescent drug abuse is one of the most challenging disorders to treat. It impacts on schools, community-based programs, mental health and medical facilities, and juvenile justice settings. This book provides practitioners, program developers and policy makers with the most up-to-date and practical information for improving outcomes in adolescent substance abuse. The authors cover a range of issues, including empirically-based treatment development protocols; research advances; interventions with special populations; culturally based intervention guidelines, and recommendations for practice and policy.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521823586
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	03/09/2006
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	528
Product dimensions:	7.09(w) x 10.00(h) x 1.14(d)

About the Author

DOB 11 Oct 1948

DOB 29 Sept 1970

Table of Contents

List of contributors; Foreword Tom McLellan and Henk Rigter; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; 1. Treating adolescent substance abuse: state of the science Cynthia L. Rowe and Howard A. Liddle; Part I. Theoretical, Empirical, and Methodological Foundations for Research in Adolescent Substance Abuse Treatment: 2. The developmental context for adolescent substance abuse intervention Judith S. Brook, David W. Brook, and Kerstin Pahl; 3. Recent methodological and statistical advances: a latent variable growth modeling framework Terry E. Duncan, Susan C. Duncan, Lisa A. Strycker, Hayrettin Okut, and Hollie Hix-Small; 4. Clinical course of youth following treatment for alcohol and drug problems Sandra A. Brown and Danielle E. Ramo; 5. Cannabis youth treatment intervention: preliminary findings and implications Janet C. Titus and Michael L. Dennis; Part II. Practice and Policy Trends in Treatment for Adolescent Substance Abuse: 6. Epidemiological trends and clinical implications of adolescent substance abuse in Europe Cecilia A. Essau; 7. The Drug Abuse Treatment Outcome Studies: outcomes with adolescent substance abusers Christine Grella; 8. Adolescence treatment services: the context of care M. Katherine Kraft, Kristin Schubert, Anna Pond, and Marilyn Aquirre-Molina; 9. The principles of service organization and practice in England Paul McArdle and Eilish Gilvarry; 10. Health services with drug-abusing adolescents: the next frontier of research Jerry P. Flanzer; Part III. Comprehensive Assessment and Integrative Treatment Planning with Adolescent Substance Abusers: 11. Clinical perspectives on the assessment of adolescent drug abuse Kenneth C. Winters; 12. Psychopharmacology of adolescents with substance use disorders: using diagnostic-specific treatments Oscar G. Bukstein and Jack Cornelius; 13. Developmentally informed diagnostic and treatment considerations in comorbid conditions Elizabeth A. Whitmore and Paula D. Riggs; 14. Prevention of infection with human immunodeficiency virus in adolescent substance abusers Robert M. Malow, Rhonda Rosenberg and Jessy Dévieux; Part IV. Empirically Based Interventions for Adolescent Substance Abuse: Research and Practical Implications: 15. Adolescent therapeutic communities: future directions for practice and research Nancy Jainchill; 16. School-based group treatment for adolescent substance abuse Eric F. Wagner and Mark J. Macgowan; 17. Profiles of change in behavioral and family interventions for adolescent substance abuse and dependence Holly Berrett Waldron, Charles W. Turner, and Timothy J. Ozechowski; 18. Behavioral management approaches for adolescent substance abuse John M. Roll and Donnie Watson; 19. Evidence-based cognitive–behavioral therapies for adolescent substance use disorders: applications and challenges Yifrah Kaminer and Holly Berrett Waldron; Part V. Culturally Based Treatment Development for Adolescent Substance Abusers: 20. Family-centered treatment for American Indian adolescent substance abuse: toward a culturally and historically informed strategy Allison J. Boyd-Ball and Thomas J. Dishion; 21. Using treatment development methods to enhance the family-based treatment of Hispanic adolescents Daniel A. Santisteban, Maite P. Mena, and Lourdes Suarez-Morales; Part VI. Building the Future: 22. The road ahead: achievements and challenges for research into the treatment of adolescent substance abuse Howard A. Liddle and Arlene Frank; Index.

Editorial Reviews

Reviewer: Portia S Martin, MD (Rush University Medical Center)
Description: This book reviews the prevalence and severity of substance abuse in adolescents. It addresses current policy, prevention, and treatment trends for adolescents with substance abuse.
Purpose: The purpose is to provide mental health professionals a guide to bridging the gap between research and current practice trends, to improve the quality of treatment for adolescent substance use.
Audience: It is written for professionals (healthcare providers, researchers, and policy makers) who serve the adolescent and young adult community.
Features: The book reviews the theories and science, practice and policy trends, and assessments and interventions/treatment of adolescent substance abuse. A strength of the book is a culturally based treatment for adolescent substance use.
Assessment: This will be useful to all professionals who serve the adolescent community. It helps mental health providers to improve the care of adolescents with substance abuse disorders.

Doody's Review Service

"Adolescent Substance Abuse: Research and Clinical Advances is a noble undertaking that brings together an impressive array of research on a range of topics, including the theory behind interventions, research innovations, and funding trends; assessment and treatment with special populations; and practice and policy guidelines."
Rayna Vaught Godfrey, Contemporary Psychology: APA Review of Books

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