As for
the future of adolescent substance use treatment, Drs. Chung & Black describe a need to focus on the «active ingredients» of therapies and their respective «targets.»
Not exact matches
With this issue in mind, a team
of American researchers reviewed the available scientific literature and suggested four important considerations to maximize the clinical impact
of future research regarding
adolescent depression symptoms and
substance use.
Dr. Bry's systematic program
of prevention research has included studies that: 1) search for precursors that differentiate
adolescents who will develop conduct or
substance use problems from those who will not and environmental factors that might reduce or buffer those precursors; 2) investigate whether these factors actually precede or reduce
future problems; and 3) test the outcome efficacy and effectiveness
of experimental methods to modify these factors.
Limitations include attrition, missing data,
use of subjects form a single runaway shelter,
adolescents were
substance abusing, and family relationships and predictors associated with
future runaway and homeless episodes might differ among those who do not abuse alcohol and / or drugs.