In any given year, only about 10% of the nearly two million adolescents exhibiting substance
abuse or dependence in the United States receive substance abuse treatment. Given this …

Youth with substance abuse and dependence problems enter treatment with varying levels
of abuse/dependence severity. Treatment systems have developed in most areas in the …

This study examined client and program factors predicting initiation and engagement for
2,191 adolescents at 28 outpatient substance abuse treatment sites implementing evidence …

The growing number of adolescents presenting for treatment to the nation's public treatment
system pose many challenges. Rather than personally seeking treatment, many of these …

Few systematic studies have examined the characteristics of substance abuse treatment
programs serving adolescents. An expert panel recently identified nine key elements of …

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 …

Background A recent adolescent treatment ''renaissance''has successfully tested clinical
approaches and created manual-guided care protocols. In fact, the number of formally …

A 2002 national expert panel found that the treatment system for adolescents with substance
use disorders was inadequate and underdeveloped. The panel recommended immediate …

Despite the great advances in the devel-opment of assessment procedures for adolescent
substance abuse (Dennis, 1998; Rahdert, 1991; Winters, 1992), very little literature exists …

Adolescent substance use remains a persistent and serious problem in society despite use
patterns showing consistent declines in alcohol and other illicit drug use since 2000. This …