Main description:

From a leading addiction specialist, this highly practical book explores what works in treating adolescents. Oscar G. Bukstein answers the clinician's vital question: "What do I do now?" He describes best practices for enhancing youths' motivation for change, teaching a variety of recovery skills, and implementing parent management training and parent-adolescent problem solving. The book covers ways to foster a prosocial peer network and to address mental health problems that co-occur with substance use disorders (SUDs). Clinicians can combine the strategies into an integrated approach or pick and choose depending on the needs of individual clients. Reproducible handouts and worksheets can be downloaded and printed in a convenient 8 1/2" x 11" size.

Contents:

1. Adolescents with Substance Use Disorders: How Did They Get There?
2. Motivation and Engagement
3. The Process of Screening and Assessment
4. The Content of Screening and Assessment
5. Treatment Planning and Brief Interventions
6. Cognitive-Behavioral Recovery Skills
7. Parent Management Training
8. Parent-Adolescent Problem Solving
9. Integrated Treatment for Substance Use Disorders and Other Psychiatric Disorders
Epilogue
Appendix: Resources
References
Index