Recent developments in the provision of the substance abuse treatment for adolescents has
included a focus on age appropriate treatment with consideration for adolescents' relatively …

This publication is part of the Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Block Grant
technical assistance program. All material appearing in this volume except that taken directly …

Although several treatments for adolescents with substance use disorders are available,
there are few well-controlled studies in the extant literature that compare these treatments for …

Abstract The Adolescent Treatment Models initiative, a 10-site, multimodality, prospective
study, was designed to evaluate adolescent substance abuse treatment outcomes and to …

Recent reports describe alarming trends of adolescent drug use and a lack of treatment for
substance use disorder symptoms. Early efforts in adolescent treatment relied on adult …

Recent research has identified a cluster of standardized approaches that effectively treat
adolescents with substance abuse disorders. Many of these approaches share elements …

Research has shown that early onset substance use problems can predict continuing
substance abuse problems in adulthood (Chen & Kandel, 1995; Hill, White, Chung …

This paper reviews the literature on ambulatory substance abuse treatment for adolescents,
including brief intervention, Twelve-Step-based outpatient treatment, family-based treatment …

This chapter examines the characteristics and needs of substance misusing adolescents
(ages 12–17) and young adults (ages 18–25), as well as implications for improving practice …

America's concern with its youth and substance abuse is by no means a modern day
problem. In the mid-19 th century, adolescent alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use came to …