title: The role of schools in substance use prevention and intervention.
abstract: Schools provide an ideal setting for screening, brief interventions, and outpatient treatment for substance use disorders (SUD). Individual treatment for SUD is effective at decreasing substance use as well as substance-related harm. In some contexts, rather than being helpful, group interventions can result in harm to participants; therefore, individual treatment may be preferred. Early interventions for adolescents who are using alcohol and other drugs (AOD) are generally effective in decreasing frequency and quantity of AOD use as well as decreasing risky behaviors.
authors.affiliation: Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA. Electronic address: meg.benningfield@Vanderbilt.Edu.
authors.forename: Margaret M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Benningfield
authors.affiliation: Division of Substance Dependence, School of Medicine, Mail Stop F478, 12469 East 17th Place, Building 400, Aurora, CO 80045, USA.
authors.forename: Paula
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Riggs
authors.affiliation: Center for School Mental Health, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 737 West Lombard Street, 426, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA.
authors.forename: Sharon Hoover
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Stephan
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D001521:Behavior Therapy / Q000379:methods; D016739:Behavior, Addictive / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D006801:Humans; D012309:Risk-Taking; D012572:School Health Services; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000534:rehabilitation
keywords: Adolescent; School mental health; Substance use disorder