Not exact matches
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.»
Question: Is a teacher - delivered personality -
targeted intervention for
substance misuse effective for reducing drinking behaviour in high - risk
adolescents?
Reviews and meta - analyses of the prevention of
substance abuse (Gottfredson & Wilson, 2003; Lochman & van den Steenhoven, 2002), violence and antisocial behavior (Fagan & Catalano, 2013; Wilson, Lipsey, & Derzon, 2003), poor mental health (Greenberg et al., 2001; Hoagwood et al., 2007), and positive youth development (Catalano, Berglund, Ryan, Lonczak, & Hawkins, 2004) have shown that both universal and
targeted prevention programs can substantially reduce the rate of problem behaviors and symptoms, as well as build protective factors that reduce further risk in child and
adolescent populations.
Can sensation seeking be used to predict binge drinking and established smoking among
adolescents and
target adolescents for
substance use interventions?
Risk reduction therapy for
adolescents (RRTA):
Targeting substance use and HIV / STI - risk behaviors.
Family support programs may address the general population or
target particular groups such as ethnic and cultural minorities;
adolescent parents; kinship caregivers; or families facing health, mental health, or
substance abuse issues.
Target Population:
Adolescents 11 to 18 with the following symptoms or problems:
substance abuse or at risk, delinquent / conduct disorder, school and other behavioral problems, and both internalizing and externalizing symptoms
Target Population: Trauma - exposed
adolescents aged 13 - 18 years who experience co-occurring trauma - related mental health problems (e.g., posttraumatic stress disorder [PTSD], depression),
substance use problems, and other risk behaviors (e.g., risky sexual behavior, non-suicidal self - injury)
Target Population:
Adolescents aged 14 - 18 in need of residential placement, who have fallen into trouble in the community with behavior characterized by
substance abuse problems, delinquent behaviors, school failure, family problems, negative peer associations, and by an inability to make positive decisions
Brief interventions
targeting personality risk factors for
adolescent substance misuse reduce depression, panic and risk - taking behaviours
A cluster - randomized controlled trial evaluating the effects of delaying onset of
adolescent substance abuse on cognitive development and addiction following a selective, personality -
targeted intervention programme: the Co-Venture trial.