ABSTRACT
In the treatment of alcohol abuse and dependence in adolescent (i.e., 14-to 18-year old) patients, the therapist has to consider special features that distinguish the adolescent from the adult patient with respect to therapeutic setting, specific drug abuse behavior, and prognosis. This chapter describes how to create the optimum therapeutic setting and how to make use of the special psychopathological and somatic situation that the adolescent finds her/himself in.
