Alcohol, drugs and young people : clinical approaches / edited by Eilish Gilvarry and Paul McArdle.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Policy : the principles of service organization and practice / Paul McArdle and Eilish Gilvarry -- Determinants of substance misuse / Paul McArdle -- Drug use in young people : short-term effects and long-term harms / Dan Lubman, Yvonne Bonomo and Murat Yücel -- Young people, substances and harm / Mandy Abbott, Fariah Khan and Eilish Gilvarry -- Trends in substance use and abuse in young people / Cecilia A. Essau and Peter Wennberg -- Substance use and psychiatric comorbidity in children and adolescents / Michael Farrell -- The effectiveness of universal youth substance abuse prevention programmes / David R. Foxcroft, Debby Allen and Lindsey Coombes -- Prevention of substance abuse : targeted approaches / Paul McArdle -- Treatment : course and outcome / Eilish Gilvarry and Giles Hayden -- Legal and ethical issues in the treatment of children and young people / Sarah Woolrich -- Principles of assessment for adolescents with substance use disorders / Oscar G. Bukstein and Theresa Lutka-Fedor -- Assessment instruments and outcome measurement / Oscar G. Bukstein and Theresa Lutka-Fedor -- Biological markers (drugs) / Kim Wolff -- Assessment and management in the emergency department and the paediatric unit / Joan Robson -- Brief alcohol interventions in young people : evidence and applicability / Malathi Natarajan and Eileen Kaner -- Psychological interventions for young people with substance misuse disorders / Gillian Tober -- Empirical and clinical foundations of family-based interventions for adolescent substance abuse / Howard A. Liddle, Cynthia L. Rowe and Gayle A. Dakof -- Pharmacological treatment of adolescent substance use disorder / E. Jane Marshall and K.A.H. Mirza -- The role of primary care in management of substance use/abuse / Clare Gerada -- Integrated treatment of substance use disorders and co-occurring psychiatric disorders in adolescents / Robert D. Davies and Paula D. Riggs.

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A comprehensive book dealing with drug, tobacco and alcohol abuse in both children and young people. Presents the facts of drug and alcohol abuse, evidence for prevention and treatment, and reviews of the various types of treatments.

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