`[This] volume provides a unique and advantageous perspective to the trainees and practitioners in the adolescent substance abuse field. It offers a sophisticated perspective on addiction treatment techniques developed in recent years, with a sensitivity to the social and developmental needs of the adolescent.'
Marc Galanter , from the Foreword.

Inhalt
I. Understanding Adolescent Substance Use.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Terminology and Classification.- 3. Epidemiology of Adolescent Substance Use and Adolescent Psychoactive Substance Use Disorders.- 4. Etiology and Pathogenesis of Adolescent Substance Use and Adolescent Psychoactive Substance Use Disorders.- 5. Dual Diagnosis: Adolescent Psychoactive Substance Use Disorders and Psychiatric Comorbidity.- 6. Adolescent Substance Use and Adolescent Psychoactive Substance Use Disorders: Relation to Suicidal Behavior.- 7. Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome and Psychoactive Substance Use Disorders in Children and Adolescents.- 8. Maternal and Infancy Addiction: Adolescent Mothers and Their Offspring.- II. Interventions: Prevention of Adolescent Substance Use and Assessment and Treatment of Psychoactive Substance Use Disorders.- 9. Prevention of High-Risk Behaviors: Adolescent Substance Use, Adolescent Psychoactive Substance Use Disorders, and Suicide.- 10. The Assessment Process.- 11. Treatment Selection and Modalities.