ABSTRACT
Substance Misuse and Young People: Critical Issues is a comprehensive source of information on young people’s requirements for assessment, treatment and other interventions because of their misuse of substances. It highlights approaches that enhance understanding of the routes that lead young people to substance misuse and also the routes away from it. The emergence of new substances and methods of misuse makes this ever more relevant. The authors are international experts in the fields of psychiatry, paediatrics, medicine, psychology, genetics, resilience, neuropharmacology and epidemiology.
This book acknowledges how widespread both substance misuse and psychiatric disorders are and explores the complex, challenging links between co-occurring conditions. Use of substances is associated with illness and premature mortality, and more so for people who have combined disorders. The authors critically assess the vital need for intervention during adolescence and early adulthood. They provide detailed clinical views of the psychosocial interventions and medications currently available and illustrate them with case studies that emphasise adolescents’ experiences and thoughtful lifestyle-specific interventions.
This book provides theoretical knowledge and indicates the practical skills that practitioners require for work with young people who misuse substances. It is highly applicable to medical practitioners, psychologists, pharmacists, social workers, police officers, probation officers, educationalists and related social and healthcare professionals.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part 1|2 pages
Background considerations
chapter Chapter 4|9 pages
The nature of adolescence and its family, societal, community, cultural and developmental challenges
chapter Chapter 5|14 pages
Psychosocial resilience, adaptive capacities and the psychosocial approach
part 2|2 pages
Epidemiology and determinants of substance use and misuse
part 3|2 pages
The drugs that are used and misused
part 4|2 pages
Young people who have particular needs
part 5|2 pages
Needs assessment, screening and diagnosis
chapter Chapter 20|7 pages
Needs assessment: Assessing the needs of young people who use or misuse substances
part 6|2 pages
Intervening to help young people