title: Evaluation and treatment of adolescent substance abuse: a decision tree method.
abstract: A procedure for systematically evaluating and treating adolescents with known or suspected substance abuse is described. Integrating assessment with intervention affords the opportunity to comprehensively characterize the adolescent's problems and to quantitatively monitor treatment progress and outcome.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pennsylvania 15213.
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Tarter
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D003663:Decision Trees; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D010556:Personality Tests; D011379:Prognosis; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs; D012307:Risk Factors; D012931:Social Environment; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*
chemical_list: D011619:Psychotropic Drugs