Adolescent Substance Abuse: Psychiatric Comorbidity and High Risk Behaviors (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780789031716)

Dual diagnosis of adolescent substance use disorders and comorbid psychiatric disorders must be treated simultaneously to be effective. Adolescent Substance Abuse: Psychiatric Comorbidity and High Risk Behaviors presents leading experts offering insightful viewpoints and dynamic suggestions on how to best provide simultaneous treatment and integrated services to these youths. The book covers the state of the art in the field of substance use disorders, reviews different psychiatric disorders and high risk behaviors, and then addresses the issue of integrated services and ethical, legal, and policy issues pertaining to this population. The text is extensively referenced and several chapters include helpful tables and figures to clearly display the data.

Author: Yifrah Kaminer
ISBN-10: 078903171X
ISBN-13: 9780789031716
Publisher: Routledge
Language: English
Published: 04/21/2008
Pages: 522
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.99lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 1.13d