Intervening With Drug-Involved Youth

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Substance Abuse Counselling

October 1996 | 240 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc

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Contents

Written by an outstanding group of experts in the field, this book explores current issues of drug use by young people. Beginning with a fascinating introduction on the history of drug use, the contributors then examine thoroughly the scope of the problem, discuss prevention and treatment initiatives, and also provide international perspectives.

Clyde B McCoy, Lisa R Metsch, and James A Inciardi

Preface

PART ONE: THE SCOPE OF THE PROBLEM

Lana D Harrison and Anne E Pottieger

The Epidemiology of Drug Use among American Youth

Judith S Brook and David W Brook

Risk and Protective Factors for Drug Use

Etiological Considerations

Lilly M Langer

Modeling Adolescent Health Behavior

The Preadult Health Decision-Making Model

PART TWO: PREVENTION INITIATIVES

Mario A Orlandi

Prevention Technologies for Drug-Involved Youth

Richard R Clayton et al

DARE (Drug Abuse Resistance Education)

Very Popular but Not Very Effective

Duane C McBride, Patricia B Mutch, and Dale D Chitwood

Religious Belief and the Initiation and Prevention of Drug Use among Youth

PART THREE: TREATMENT INITIATIVES

Richard Dembo and James E Rivers

Juvenile Health Service Centers

An Exciting Opportunity to Intervene with Drug-Involved and Other High-Risk Youth

Sally J Stevens et al

Issues and Intervention

Substance Abuse Treatment for Adolescents Using a Modified Therapeutic Community Model

PART FOUR: INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES

Hilary L Surratt and James A Inciardi

Drug Use, HIV Risks, and Prevention/Intervention Strategies among Street Youths in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Swarup Sarkar et al

Drug Use and HIV among Youth in Manipur, India

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