Treating adolescents with substance use disorders

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“From a leading addiction specialist, this highly practical book explores what works in treating adolescents. Oscar G. Bukstein answers the clinician’s vital question: “What do I do now?” He describes best practices for enhancing youths’ motivation for change, teaching a variety of recovery skills, and implementing parent management training and parent-adolescent problem solving. The book covers ways to foster a prosocial peer network and to address mental health problems that co-occur with substance use disorders (SUDS). Clinicians can combine the strategies into an integrated approach or pick and choose depending on the needs of individual clients. Reproducible handouts and worksheets can be downloaded and printed in a convenient 8 1/2″ x 11″ size. Subject ares/key words: adolescents, teens, children, teenagers, addictions, alcoholism, problem drinking, binge drinking, underage, marijuana, smoking, substance abuse, substance use disorders, addictive behaviors, chemical dependency, drugs, nicotine, dependence, treatments, brief interventions, prevention programs, recovery, addiction medicine, motivational interviewing, behavior change, behavioural change, college students, high school students, young adults, parents, parent management training, family therapy, cognitive-behavioral therapy, CBT, contingency management, schools, problem solving, assessments, screening, groups Clinical psychologists, social workers, psychiatrists, substance abuse and mental health counselors, and psychiatric nurses working with adolescents”– Provided by publisher