title: Preventing substance abuse. An interview paradigm.
abstract: In summary, substance use and abuse is a major health problem in the United States affecting adolescents of both sexes and of every socioeconomic level. Family physicians have numerous opportunities to improve the health of future generations by using specific skills and expertise to prevent, identify, and intervene with adolescents' abuse of alcohol and other chemical substances. The first step is taking an effective alcohol and drug-use history.
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Medicine, Ohio State University, Columbus 43210-1228.
authors.forename: L L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Gabel
authors.forename: H A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Siegal
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hostetler
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000295:Adolescent Medicine / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007406:Interview, Psychological; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D012307:Risk Factors; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000517:prevention & control*