title: What Can Parents Do? A Review of State Laws Regarding Decision Making for Adolescent Drug Abuse and Mental Health Treatment.
abstract: This study examined US state laws regarding parental and adolescent decision-making for substance use and mental health inpatient and outpatient treatment. State statues for requiring parental consent favored mental health over drug abuse treatment and inpatient over outpatient modalities. Parental consent was sufficient in 53%-61% of the states for inpatient treatment, but only for 39% - 46% of the states for outpatient treatment. State laws favored the rights of minors to access drug treatment without parental consent, and to do so at a younger age than for mental health treatment. Implications for how these laws may impact parents seeking help for their children are discussed.
authors: Treatment Research Institute ; Rowan University.
authors: MaryLouise E
authors: ME
authors: Kerwin
authors: Treatment Research Institute ; University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.
authors: Kimberly C
authors: KC
authors: Kirby
authors: Rutgers University.
authors: Dominic
authors: D
authors: Speziali
authors: Rowan University.
authors: Morgan
authors: M
authors: Duggan
authors: Rowan University.
authors: Cynthia
authors: C
authors: Mellitz
authors: Treatment Research Institute.
authors: Brian
authors: B
authors: Versek
authors: Treatment Research Institute.
authors: Ashley
authors: A
authors: McNamara
keywords: consent; decision-making authority; state laws; treatment