AM:STARs: Substance Use and Abuse Among Adolescents

Robert T. Brown, Sheryl Ryan (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

232 Seiten

2014
American Academy of Pediatrics (Verlag)
978-1-58110-784-5 (ISBN)

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AM:STARs: Adolescent Medicine: State of the Art Reviews is the official publication of the American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Adolescent Health. Published 3 times per year, the journal offers adolescent medicine specialists and other primary care physicians who treat adolescent patients with state of the art information on all matters relating to adolescent health and wellness.

Substance abuse continues to be a significant health problem for adolescents and young adults in the United States and elsewhere. Up-to-date information on the many facets of this issue is essential for physicians who care for these young people. This issue provides reviews of the latest information on the various substances that adolescents use and how they use them.

Articles ranging from overviews of current use of data to facts about specific substances such as alcohol, marijuana, prescription stimulants, and opioids, use by different cultural groups, and various treatment options give an extensive and authoritative view of this significant adolescent health issue.

Contents include:

Adolescent Substance Use: The Role of the Medical Home
Neurobiology of Adolescent Substance Use and Addictive Behaviors: Treatment Implications
Marijuana
Nonmedical Use of Prescription Stimulants by Adolescents
Responding to the Prescription Opioid Epidemic: Practical Information of Pediatricians
Performance-Enhancing Substances
Screening and Brief Intervention for Alcohol and Other Abuse
Treatment of Adolescent Substance Abuse Disorders
Substance Abuse Among Culturally Diverse Youth
Evolving Array of Substance use by Adolescents
Assessment and Treatment of Substance Abuse in the Juvenile Justice Population

The Section on Adolescent Health (SOAH) provides an educational, representative forum for pediatricians who are interested in the health care of adolescents, and enables members to meet for the purpose of initiation, discussion and development of ideas and programs which will improve the health care of young people in their second decade of life. It provides an educational forum for the membership at large in expanding their basic pediatric knowledge and skills to include the adolescent patient.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	10.6.2014
Reihe/Serie	AM:STARs: Adolescent Medicine: State of the Art Reviews
Zusatzinfo	18 illustrations
Verlagsort	Elk Grove Village
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Pädiatrie
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Suchtkrankheiten
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Pflege ► Kinderkrankenpflege
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	1-58110-784-6 / 1581107846
ISBN-13	978-1-58110-784-5 / 9781581107845
Zustand	Neuware