Treating adolescents for substance abuse and comorbid psychiatric disorders.
Recent research has identified a cluster of standardized approaches that effectively treat adolescents with substance abuse disorders. Many of these approaches share elements that may be adopted to improve outcomes in substance treatment programs. In adolescents, treatment goals should be informed by a comprehensive assessment that includes the adolescent patient's developmental history and evaluation of psychiatric comorbidity. Treatment for behavioral, psychosocial, and psychiatric problems should be integrated with substance abuse interventions. The author describes practical clinical guidelines, grounded in current research, for providing integrated treatment services. Special emphasis is given to strategies for integrating the treatment of comorbid psychiatric disorders with substance use disorders in adolescents.
University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, Colorado 80262, USA. paula.riggs@ucshc.edu
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D000293:Adolescent; D001521:Behavior Therapy; D005190:Family; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D009042:Motivation; D009292:Narcotic Antagonists / Q000627:therapeutic use; D009294:Narcotics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy*
D009292:Narcotic Antagonists; D009294:Narcotics