Includes bibliographical references (pages 224-237) and indexes.
Contents
I. Current issues in adolescent substance abuse -- Defining and understanding adolescent substance use and abuse -- Treating adolescent substance use and abuse -- II. A biopsychosocial model for understanding adolescent substance abuse -- Essential connections for understanding adolescent substance abuse: a biopsychosocial perspective -- Adolescent psychological development and substance abuse -- Family and peer relationship factors: the adolescent's interpersonal environment -- III. A biopsychosocial model for treating adolescent substance abuse -- Essential connections for treating adolescent substance abuse: a biopsychosocial approach -- Servicing adolescent substance abusers -- Part I: The assessment -- Servicing adolescent substance abusers -- Part II: Treatment planning -- Adolescent recovery -- The recovery environment: family recovery and peer relationships in recovery -- Treating vulnerable populations of adolescent substance abusers.