Addiction Arena

Evidence-Based Interventions for Adolescents with Substance Use Problems

• By Ken Winters.

Published August 2013

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Youth and Internet Addiction in China

• By Trent Bax.

Published August 2013

A form of 'electronic opium' is how some people have characterised young people’s internet use in China. The problem of 'internet addiction' (wangyin) is seen by some parents as so severe that they have sought psychiatric help for their children. This book, which is based on extensive original…
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Multi-Dimensional Family Therapy for Adolescent Substance Abuse and Delinquency

• By Howard Liddle.

Published April 2013

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Teen Intervene

A Brief Intervention for Adolescents with Substance Abuse

• Edited by Ken Winters.

Published April 2013

In this workshop, Dr. Winters begins by providing the rationale and utility for brief interventions for adolescent substance use problems. He then goes into detail about the brief intervention he developed, "Teen Intervene." In addition, Dr. Winters covers assessment tools useful for motivational…
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Men, Addiction, and Intimacy

Strengthening Recovery by Fostering the Emotional Development of Boys and Men

• By Mark S. Woodford.

Published May 2012

In the substance abuse and addiction treatment realm, males outnumber females two to one. While gender-issues are seen as a key element of women’s treatment, the acknowledgement that males are "gendered beings" who have lived lives full of male-specific developmental challenges is often overlooked.…
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Illegal Leisure Revisited

Changing Patterns of Alcohol and Drug Use in Adolescents and Young Adults

• By Judith Aldridge, Fiona Measham and Lisa Williams.

Published February 2011

This book updates the progress into adulthood of the cohort of fourteen-year-olds who were recruited and tracked until they were eighteen years old. Illegal Leisure (1998) described their adolescent journeys and lifestyles, focusing on their early regular drinking and extensive ‘recreational’ drug…
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Women, Girls, and Addiction

Celebrating the Feminine in Counseling Treatment and Recovery

• By Cynthia A. Briggs, and Jennifer L. Pepperell.

Published June 2009

Women, Girls, and Addiction is the first book on the efficacy of treatment approaches and interventions that are tailored to working with addicted women, and the first publication of any kind to provide a feminist approach to understanding the experience of addiction from the female perspective.&…
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Swimming with Crocodiles

The Culture of Extreme Drinking

• Edited by Marjana Martinic, and Fiona Measham.

Published June 2008

There is evidence that a distinct pattern of alcohol consumption is emerging across the world and is a cause for concern because of its relationship with a range of health and social problems. Its visibility, particularly its high involvement of young people, makes this not only an issue for public…
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The Education-Drug Use Connection

How Successes and Failures in School Relate to Adolescent Smoking, Drinking, Drug Use, and Delinquency

• By Jerald G. Bachman, Patrick M. O'Malley, John E. Schulenberg, Lloyd D. Johnston, Peter Freedman-Doan and Emily E. Messersmith.

Published August 2007

Does success in school protect teenagers from drug use? Does drug use impair scholastic success? This book tackles a key issue in adolescent development and health - the education-drug use connection. The authors examine the links and likely causal connections between educational experiences,…
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Evidence-Based Treatments for Alcohol and Drug Abuse

A Practitioner's Guide to Theory, Methods, and Practice

• By Paul M. G. Emmelkamp, and Ellen Vedel.

Published October 2006

Evidence-Based Treatments for Alcohol and Drug Abuse encompasses the developments in the field over the last decade, blending theory, techniques and clinical flexibility. Research in the past decade has shown that substance abuse and substance dependence are treatable. The field has witnessed the…
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