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Published on: January 7, 2019
Adolescent drug and alcohol use. Strategies for assessment, intervention, and prevention
Jane Tuttle1, Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk, Carol Loveland-Cherry
1School of Nursing and Department of Pediatrics, University of Rochester, 601 Elmwood Avenue, Box SON, Rochester, NY 14642, USA. jane_tuttle@urmc.rochester.edu
Abstract:
Adolescent alcohol and other drug use continue to elude prevention efforts and fall short of the Healthy People 2010 targets. How is a clinician to know when an adolescent is experimenting with alcohol or other drugs, and when there is a potential problem? Beginning with an overview of the prevalence and clinical significance of various substances used by adolescents, this article considers the family, peer, and community context within which substance abuse develops. Indicators of problematic use patterns and some of the factors that protect adolescents are explored. Prevention and treatment strategies are outlined, including suggestions for counseling parents how to protect their teens from substance abuse.
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