title: Critical incidents: failure in prevention.
abstract: Attempts at preventing drug and alcohol use by youth may fail more often than they succeed, but failures are rarely reported in the literature. There are three types of failure: (1) failure to initiate, (2) failure to be effective, and (3) failure to thrive. Brief descriptions of prevention failures of all three types are presented and the reasons for failure are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Colorado State University, Fort Collins 80523.
authors.forename: E R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Oetting
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Beauvais
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D003156:Community Mental Health Services / Q000639:trends; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D013287:Illicit Drugs; D008297:Male; D010553:Personality Development; D012307:Risk Factors; D012931:Social Environment; D016320:Substance Abuse Treatment Centers; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D013287:Illicit Drugs