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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gilvarry, Eilish.

McArdle, Paul (Psychiatrist)

Series:

1st

Clinics in developmental medicine ; no. 172

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Youth--Alcohol use.

Youth.

Youth--Drug use.

Youth--Substance use.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (256 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Mac Keith Press, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781898683797

1898683794

OCLC:

929120189