Adolescents and Substance Use
eBook - PDF

Adolescents and Substance Use

  1. 296 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Adolescents and Substance Use

About this book

Highly Commended, BMA Medical Book Awards 2014This highly practical manual presents an ideal introduction to adolescent substance use. It offers invaluable guidance for all professionals involved with adolescents including social workers, health and social care professionals, youth workers, family support workers, teachers, counsellors, mental heal

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Yes, you can access Adolescents and Substance Use by Philip James,Catriona Kearns,Ann Campbell,Bobby nP. Smyth in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Medicine & Medical Theory, Practice & Reference. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
CRC Press
Year
2013
eBook ISBN
9781322610207
Edition
1
Topic
Medicine
Subtopic
Medical Theory, Practice & Reference

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Foreword
  6. Preface
  7. About the authors
  8. Acknowledgements
  9. Authorsā€™ note
  10. 1 Introduction
  11. 2 Adolescence: a time of great change
  12. 3 An overview of substances used by adolescents
  13. 4 Why do we worry about teenage substance use?
  14. 5 Why do some teenagers abuse substances? Risk and protective factors
  15. 6 Preventing adolescent substance use
  16. 7 What is ā€˜treatmentā€™ and who needs it?
  17. 8 Harnessing the signifi cant influence of parents
  18. 9 Enhancing motivation for change
  19. 10 Counselling adolescent substance users
  20. 11 Other treatment approaches
  21. 12 Developing substance use policies
  22. 13 Substance use and mental health
  23. 14 Substance use and sexual health
  24. 15 Substance use and cultural issues
  25. 16 Inter-agency working
  26. 17 Ethical and legal issues
  27. Index