Substance Misuse and Abuse

Abstract

(from the chapter) This chapter provides an overview of selected factors related to adolescent substance misuse and abuse etiology, prevention, and treatment. Primary prevention is defined in this chapter to include planned actions that help adolescents prevent predictable problems, protect existing states of health as well as healthy functioning, and promote desired goals for adolescents. Treatment is defined as activities and actions that are focused on helping adolescents reduce problems associated with substance use/misuse and that change individual substance abuse behavior and enhance social functioning. This chapter provides an overview of selected factors at the individual level, family level and social/community level which have been found to be associated with adolescent substance use and misuse. In addition, promising adolescent drug abuse prevention and treatment interventions are presented. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA, all rights reserved).