Advances in adolescent substance abuse treatment.

Autor: Winters KC; Department of Psychiatry, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA. winte001@umn.edu, Botzet AM, Fahnhorst T
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Current psychiatry reports [Curr Psychiatry Rep] 2011 Oct; Vol. 13 (5), pp. 416-21.
DOI: 10.1007/s11920-011-0214-2
Abstrakt: 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.
Databáze: MEDLINE