title: Advances in adolescent substance abuse treatment.
abstract: Alcohol and other drug use among adolescents has been a public health problem for decades. Although some substance use may be developmentally routine, a concerning number of adolescents meet criteria for a substance use disorder and could greatly benefit from a quality treatment experience. However, parents and health care providers want evidence of the efficacy of adolescent-specific treatment programs. This review summarizes four factors surrounding the efficacy of current adolescent treatment programs: 1) adolescent-specific treatment services; 2) the variety of therapeutic modalities; 3) relapse and recovery rates; and 4) the need for evidence-based, quality assessments and research. Current adolescent treatment efforts are summarized, and the recent literature regarding the efficacy of adolescent treatment and recovery rates is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA. winte001@umn.edu
authors.forename: Ken C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Winters
authors.forename: Andria M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Botzet
authors.forename: Tamara
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fahnhorst
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D006801:Humans; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care / Q000379:methods; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000379:methods*; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000534:rehabilitation / Q000628:therapy*