Contributions from researchers and practitioners describe ten exemplary programs for the treatment of adolescent substance abusers. Coverage includes outpatient, residential, family-oriented, and modified therapeutic community programs serving youths from a wide range of ethnic and cultural backgrou

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This essential book is the first ever published on exemplary models of adolescent drug treatment. It delivers detailed descriptions of exemplary drug treatment models and gives you the latest information on substance use and its consequences to aid your work with adolescents who use alcohol and drugs.

The in-depth examinations of treatment models you'll find in this book include programs serving adolescent substance users from a wide range of ethnic and...

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