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Author:   Carl G. Leukefeld ,  Thomas P. Gullotta
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Imprint:   Springer International Publishing AG
Edition:   2nd ed. 2018
Weight:   0.793kg
ISBN:  

9783319906102

ISBN 10:   3319906100
Pages:   397
Publication Date:   05 September 2018
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Chapter 1. A Selected Social History of the Stepping-Stone Drugs and Opiates.- Chapter 2. A Biological/Genetic Perspective: The Addicted Brain.- Chapter 3. Needs, Services Received, and Outcomes of Adolescents and Young Adults in Substance Use Disorder (SUD) Treatment.- Chapter 4. Adolescent Substance Abuse Treatment: A Review of Evidence-Based Research.- Chapter 5. Evidence-Based Family Treatment of Adolescent Substance-Related Disorders.- Chapter 6. Residential Treatment of Adolescents with Substance Use Disorders: Evidence-Based Approaches and Best Practice Recommendations.- Chapter 7. The Treatment and Prevention of Adolescent Opioid and Prescription Misuse and Abuse.- Chapter 8. The Prevention and Treatment of Adolescent Stimulant and Methamphetamine Use.- Chapter 9. Adolescent Self-Help in Substance Abuse Interventions.- Chapter 10. Primary Prevention in Adolescent Substance Abuse.- Chapter 11. Recovering to Recovery Among Adolescent Youth.- Chapter 12. School-Based Prevention-Evolution of Evidence-Based Strategies.- Chapter 13. Evidence-Based Practices: Community-Based Interventions to Reduce Alcohol Use and Misuse.- Epilogue: The Present State of Adolescent Substance Abuse Treatment and Prevention Practice.

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Carl G. Leukefeld is a professor and chair of the Department of Behavioral Science and founding director of the Center on Drug and Alcohol Research at the University of Kentucky. He is also the Bell Alcohol and Addictions Endowed Chair. He came to the University of Kentucky in 1990 to establish the Center on Drug and Alcohol Research from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), where he filled administrative and research positions. He was also the chief health services officer of the United States Public Health Service. Dr. Leukefeld has published articles, chapters, books, and monographs. He has taught undergraduate, graduate, and medical students. Thomas P. Gullotta (Tom) retired as the Chief Executive Officer of Child and Family Agency of Southeastern Connecticut in 2015 and as a member of the Psychology and Education Departments at Eastern Connecticut State University in 2014. His scholarship encompasses the co-authorship of two college textbooks, the founding editorship of The Journal of Primary Prevention (Kluwer/Academic 1980 - 2000), co-editor, Advances in Adolescent Development: An Annual Book Series (Sage 1985 - 2000), editor, Prevention in Practice Library: A Monograph Series (Plenum, 1996 - 2001), and senior editor, Issues in Children's' and Families' Lives: A Book Series (Springer 1990 - present). In addition to authoring nearly 100 chapters, papers or reviews, he has co-edited or authored over thirty volumes devoted to illness prevention / promotion of health for the treatment of children, adolescents, and families. Tom was the senior editor for the first edition of the Encyclopedia of Primary Prevention and Health Promotion (Kluwer / Academic, 2003) and returned to that same role for the four volume second edition of that reference work published in late 2014. Currently, he is the senior advisor to Serve Here CT. and the Chairman of the Town Council in his home town of Glastonbury, CT.  

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