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Evidence-Based Family Treatment of Adolescent Substance-Related Disorders

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Adolescent Substance Abuse

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Adolescence is a crucial period of individual development. Some degree of risk-taking and externalizing problem behaviors are common during this stage as youth explore and assert their independence. Learning from the negative consequences of these behaviors is important in their cessation by the time youth reach the latter stages of adolescence and adulthood. Problematic behaviors may however be perpetuated by youth who develop within the contexts of unhealthy family systems, peer systems, and who start using substances at an early age. The extant literature posits that the most effective treatment approaches are those that include the adolescent, the family system, and other systems with which the youth interacts and is involved. In this book chapter, the authors elucidate the contemporary empirically-supported treatments for adolescent substance abuse. Each of the empirically-supported treatment models, including important components and stages of each treatment, is summarized and discussed. Other promising treatment models also are highlighted.

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  1. Department of Psychology, School of Graduate and Professional Studies, Cameron University, Lawton, OK, USA

    Shaun I. Calix

  2. Oregon Institute of Technology, Klamath Falls, OR, USA

    Kevin C. Garrett

  3. Human Development and Family Studies, School of Health and Human Sciences, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC, USA

    Mark A. Fine

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    Carl G. Leukefeld

  2. Child and Family Agency of Southeastern Connecticut, New London, Connecticut, USA

    Thomas P. Gullotta

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Calix, S.I., Garrett, K.C., Fine, M.A. (2018). Evidence-Based Family Treatment of Adolescent Substance-Related Disorders. In: Leukefeld, C., Gullotta, T. (eds) Adolescent Substance Abuse. Issues in Children's and Families' Lives. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-90611-9_6

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