title: Enhancing adolescent substance abuse treatment engagement.
abstract: Trends in adolescent drug use are encouraging and suggest the importance of preventative programs for youth. Yet, among those who become involved with illicit substances and seek treatment, only a fraction report positive outcomes. This article describes an approach to enhance adolescent participation in substance abuse treatment. Aspects of the transtheoretical model are integrated into a treatment program designed to meet the unique developmental needs of adolescent alcohol and marijuana abusers. The result is a treatment that better engages adolescents in participation, thereby increasing the likelihood for treatment success.
authors: Department of Educational Psychology, The University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USA. paulamcwhirter@ou.edu
authors: Paula T
authors: PT
authors: McWhirter
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D004493:Education; D005196:Family Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D002189:Marijuana Abuse / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D009042:Motivation; D020380:Needs Assessment; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care / Q000523:psychology*; D010358:Patient Participation / Q000523:psychology; D010379:Peer Group; D011247:Pregnancy; D011253:Pregnancy in Adolescence / Q000523:psychology; D016730:Program Development; D012114:Residential Treatment; D055502:Secondary Prevention; D012932:Social Facilitation; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D016896:Treatment Outcome