Treating Adolescent Substance Abuse: Understanding the Fundamental Elements

Treating Adolescent Substance Abuse: Understanding the Fundamental Elements
ISBN-10
1592440002
ISBN-13
9781592440009
Category
Religion
Pages
256
Language
English
Published
2002-06-28
Publisher
Wipf and Stock Publishers
Author
George R. Ross

Description

A practical, easy-to-follow guide to diagnosing and treating teenage adolescent substance abusers. Packed with ideas, suggestions, and strategies, Ross details eight fundamental elements that make a treatment program successful. He presents a sound rationale for conceptualizing the problem of chemical dependency, includes an easy-to-follow framework for addressing it, and lists specifically defined goals and objectives for confronting the addiction. Fifteen treatment strategies for enhancing awareness, one full chapter that outlines a model treatment program that's ready to implement, nineteen questions for critiquing a group session, a set of 42 criteria for addressing the outcome of a program, suggestions for conducting a comprehensive evaluation with eight possible scenarios that could result from the evaluation, and ideas for helping parents respond emotionally and behaviorally to the situation. Clinical Psychologists , Social Workers and other professionals working with teenage substance abusers. A Longwood Professional Book.

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