Children and adolescents: substance misuse

Authors
Gilvarry, E
Citation
E. Gilvarry, Children and adolescents: substance misuse, CUR OPIN P, 13(3), 2000, pp. 309-313
Citations number
35
Categorie Soggetti
Psychiatry
Journal title
CURRENT OPINION IN PSYCHIATRY
ISSN journal
09517367 → ACNP
Volume
13
Issue
3
Year of publication
2000
Pages
309 - 313
Database
ISI
SICI code
0951-7367(200005)13:3<309:CAASM>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
The rates of substance use disorders in adolescent persons, the coexistence of other psychiatric disorders, the early initiation of tobacco, drug and alcohol use, and the importance of parental substance use demands early ide ntification, comprehensive assessments, and application of evidence-based p revention and treatment programmes. Curr Opin Psychiatry 13:309-313 (C) 200 0 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.