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`[This] volume provides a unique and advantageous perspective to the trainees and practitioners in the adolescent substance abuse field. It offers a sophisticated perspective on addiction treatment techniques developed in recent years, with a sensitivity to the social and developmental needs of the adolescent.' Marc Galanter, from the Foreword.

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Author:   Yifrah Kaminer
Publisher:   Springer Science+Business Media
Imprint:   Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers
Edition:   1994 ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   1.270kg
ISBN:  

9780306446924

ISBN 10:   0306446928
Pages:   265
Publication Date:   30 June 1994
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of print, replaced by POD  
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Table of Contents

I. Understanding Adolescent Substance Use.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Terminology and Classification.- 3. Epidemiology of Adolescent Substance Use and Adolescent Psychoactive Substance Use Disorders.- 4. Etiology and Pathogenesis of Adolescent Substance Use and Adolescent Psychoactive Substance Use Disorders.- 5. Dual Diagnosis: Adolescent Psychoactive Substance Use Disorders and Psychiatric Comorbidity.- 6. Adolescent Substance Use and Adolescent Psychoactive Substance Use Disorders: Relation to Suicidal Behavior.- 7. Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome and Psychoactive Substance Use Disorders in Children and Adolescents.- 8. Maternal and Infancy Addiction: Adolescent Mothers and Their Offspring.- II. Interventions: Prevention of Adolescent Substance Use and Assessment and Treatment of Psychoactive Substance Use Disorders.- 9. Prevention of High-Risk Behaviors: Adolescent Substance Use, Adolescent Psychoactive Substance Use Disorders, and Suicide.- 10. The Assessment Process.- 11. Treatment Selection and Modalities.

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