Assessing alcohol‐involved adolescents: Toward a developmentally‐relevant diagnostic taxonomy

Autor:	S. B. Caldwell, M. A. Felgus, Victor Hesselbrock
Rok vydání:	2009
Předmět:	Typology education.field_of_study Health (social science) Population medicine Medicine (miscellaneous) Alcohol use disorder education medicine.disease Psychology Alcohol consumption Clinical psychology
Zdroj:	Journal of Substance Use. 14:49-60
ISSN:	1475-9942 1465-9891
Popis:	Although recent assessment and diagnostic advancements have been made to better reflect the developmental uniqueness of alcohol‐involved adolescents, there remains lacking a comprehensive taxonomy to describe the diversity of this large and often at‐risk population. This paper presents a taxonomy comprising five typologies of adolescent drinkers based on a continuum of use severity. Each typology is described in terms of alcohol consumption variables, salient risk factors for alcohol problems, and problem symptoms. We argue that the taxonomy provides a useful heuristic for clinicians conducting assessment or screening with alcohol‐involved adolescents, and we offer conceptual improvements for making the DSM‐IV Alcohol Use Disorder criteria more developmentally relevant to adolescents. Implications for matching typologies to service levels are discussed.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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