Comprehensive yet utterly practical, this invaluable handbook provides psychiatrists, psychologists, and other health professionals with a thorough review of theoretical and practical approaches to managing licit and illicit related disorders in young people up to the age of 25 years old.

It provides a critical and systematic understanding of the theoretical and scientific basis of the assessment and management of substance misuse problems in adolescents. Also it supports the reader in developing qualities and transferable specialist skills necessary for employment, education, or research...