Technology-based Interventions for Preventing and Treating Substance Use Among Youth.
Preventing or mitigating substance use among youth generally involves 3 different intervention frameworks: universal prevention, selective prevention, and treatment. Each of these levels of intervention poses unique therapeutic and implementation challenges. Technology-based interventions provide solutions to many of these problems by delivering evidence-based interventions in a consistent and cost-effective manner. This article summarizes the current state of the science of technology-based interventions for preventing substance use initiation and mitigating substance use and associated consequences among youth.
Center for Technology and Behavioral Health, Dartmouth College, 46 Centerra Parkway EverGreen Center, Suite 315, Lebanon, NH 03766, USA. Electronic address: Lisa.A.Marsch@dartmouth.edu.
Lisa A
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Marsch
Center for Technology and Behavioral Health, Dartmouth College, 46 Centerra Parkway EverGreen Center, Suite 315, Lebanon, NH 03766, USA.
Jacob T
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Borodovsky
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Prevention; Substance use disorders; Technology; Treatment; Youth