A comprehensive reference for health and social care professionals, the book identifies and corrects related false narratives and, with the use of the authors’ combined experience of over 70 years of clinical and academic experience in drug and substance abuse, provides current pharmacotherapeutic and psychotherapeutic approaches for the treatment of alcohol or other dependence or use disorders among children and adolescents. Clear, comprehensive, accessible, and fully referenced, this book will be an invaluable resource for professionals and students who aim to treat children and adolescents.
Key Features
- Current Approaches: Provides pharmacotherapeutic and psychotherapeutic strategies for treatment.
- Expertise: Leverages over 70 years of combined clinical and academic experience.
- Drug Identification: Includes brand/trade and street names of commonly used drugs and substances.
- Comprehensive Index: Features a cross-referenced subject index for easy navigation.
Additional Information
Child and Adolescent Drug and Substance Abuse is the 19th clinical pharmacology and therapeutic text that the Pagliaros have written over the past 40 years and is the sixth that deals exclusively with drug and substance abuse.
