The status of health services research on adjudicated drug-abusing juveniles: selected findings and remaining questions.
This article focuses on the factors that affect the availability, accessibility, and opportunity of effective treatment for the adjudicated adolescent drug user The social and developmental context of "drug abuse" and its treatment in adolescents, and particularly in adjudicated adolescents, is reviewed and compared with that in adults. Selected health services research findings on this population are discussed in terms of the effectiveness of delivering treatment services; the organization, management, and financing of services; and adoption of best practices (technology transfer).
Flanzer
Jerry
J
Division of Epidemiology, Services, and Prevention Research, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-9589, USA. JF199I@nih.gov
D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D016497:Adolescent Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000328:Adult; D019985:Benchmarking; D006302:Health Services Research / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D007604:Juvenile Delinquency; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012924:Social Conditions; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000628:therapy*