Adolescents, Alcohol, and Substance Abuse

This volume reviews a range of empirically supported approaches to prevention and treatment of adolescent substance use problems. The focus is on motivationally based brief interventions that can be delivered in a variety of contexts, that address key developmental considerations, and that draw on cutting-edge knowledge on addictive behavior change. From expert contributors, coverage encompasses alcohol skills training; integrative behavioral and family therapy; motivational interviewing; interventions for dually diagnosed youth; Internet-based education, prevention, and treatment; and applications to HIV prevention. The volume is extensively referenced and includes numerous clinical illustrations and vignettes.

Introduction, Peter M. Monti, Suzanne M. Colby, and Tracy A. O'Leary
I. Background and Context: Theory, Developmental, and Measurement Considerations
1. Developmental Matters: Taking the Long View on Substance Abuse Etiology and Intervention during Adolescence, John Schulenberg, Jennifer L. Maggs, Kenneth J. Steinman, and Robert A. Zucker
2. The Harm Reduction Approach to the Secondary Prevention of Alcohol Problems in Adolescents and Young Adults: Considerations across a Developmental Spectrum, Elizabeth T. Miller, Aaron P. Turner, and G. Alan Marlatt
3. Assessing Adolescent Substance Use Problems and Other Areas of Functioning: State of the Art, Ken C. Winters
4. Personality and Learning Factors Combine to Create Risk for Adolescent Problem Drinking: A Model and Suggestions for Intervention, Gregory T. Smith and Kristen G. Anderson
II. Empirical Illustrations Linked to Part I/Clinical Applications and Brief Interventions
5. Motivational Enhancement for Alcohol-Involved Adolescents, Peter M. Monti, Nancy P. Barnett, Tracy A. O'Leary, and Suzanne M. Colby
6. Alcohol Skills Training for College Students, Elizabeth T. Miller, Jason R. Kilmer, Eleanor L. Kim, Kenneth R. Weingardt, and G. Alan Marlatt
7. Integrative Behavioral and Family Therapy for Adolescent Substance Abuse, Holly Barrett Waldron, Janet L. Brody, and Natasha Slesnick
8. Motivational Interviewing and the Prevention of HIV among Adolescents, Larry K. Brown and Kevin J. Lourie
9. Toward Brief Interventions for Adolescents with Substance Abuse and Comorbid Psychiatric Problems, Mark G. Myers, Sandra A. Brown, Susan Tate, Ana Abrantes, and Kristin Tomlinson
10. New Frontiers: Using the Internet to Engage Teens in Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment, Harvey Skinner, Oonagh Maley, Louise Smith, Shawn Chirrey, and Meg Morrison
III. Future Directions
11. Transdisciplinary Research to Improve Brief Interventions for Addictive Behaviors, David B. Abrams and Richard R. Clayton