Policy Statement Substance Use Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment for Pediatricians

In a statement published in the November issue of the journal Pediatrics, members of the American Academy of Pediatrics said that adolescents should receive appropriate guidance regarding substance use during routine clinical care and that adolescents with addictions should be managed collaboratively (or comanaged) with child and adolescent mental health or addiction specialists.

This article was taken from American Academy of Pediatrics

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Report: Teens who often eat dinner with family less likely to drink, smoke or use drugs

Teens whose families eat dinner together at least five times per week are less likely to smoke, drink and use drugs, according to a recent report from the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University. But teens whose families gather around the dinner table fewer than three times per week are almost four times more likely to smoke, more than twice as likely to use alcohol and two and a half times more likely to use marijuana.

This article was taken from The Nation's Health, November/December 2011 41 (9)

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High School and Youth Trends 2007-2010

Reports the trends of drug use among 8th, 10th, and 12th graders across America. Trends given of overall and specific drug use, in summary and charts.

This article was taken from National Institute on Drug Abuse

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Adolescent Behavioral Health In Brief, A Short Report from the Office of Applied Studies

This report contains a brief overview of adolescent behavioral health issues within California, with a focus on the differences between girls and boys ages 12 to 17.

This article was taken from SAMHSA

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Co-occurrence of Substance Use Behaviors in Youth

This Bulletin analyzes the prevalence and overlap of substance-related behaviors among youth, with comparisons by age group, gender, and race/ethnicity.

This article was taken from Juvenile Justice Bulletin, Carl McCurley and Howard N. Snyder

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The Role of Risk and Protective Factors in Substance Use Across Adolescence

This study compared the relative influence of risk and protective factors across several domains on adolescent substance use in a large sample of youth. Among the protective factors, the strongest associations with substance use were found in the community domain. Several age-related differences in the associations were also found, suggesting that family and community factors were more salient among younger adolescents whereas peer and school factors were stronger among older adolescents.

This article was taken from Journal of Adolescent Health, In Press Michael J. Cleveland, Mark E. Feinberg, Daniel E. Bontempo, Mark T. Greenberg

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Monitoring the Future- National Results on Adolescent Drug Use Overview of Key Findings, 2010

A research and full report on youth drug usage in the U.S.

This article was taken from Johnston, L. D., O’Malley, P. M., Bachman, J. G., & Schulenberg, J. E. (2011). Monitoring the Future national results on adolescent drug use: Overview of key findings, 2010. Ann Arbor: Institute for Social Research, The University of Michigan.

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Tobacco Use & the Health of Youth

Fact sheet compiled by the CDC’s Division of Adolescent and School Health.

This article was taken from CDC

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Interventions to Reduce Harm Associated with Adolescent Substance Use

This study integrated findings of systematic reviews to summarize evidence for interventions aimed at prevention and reduction of harms related to adolescent substance use. Increasing price, restricting settings of use, and raising legal purchase age are effective in reducing use of alcohol and tobacco and related harms. Screening and brief intervention are efficacious, but efficacy of a range of treatment approaches has not been reliably established. Harm-reduction interventions are effective in young people involved in risky and injecting substance use.

This article was taken from The Lancet, Volume 369, Issue 9570, April 2007, Pages 1391-1401 JW Toumbourou, T Stockwell, C Neighbors, GA Marlatt, J Sturge, J Rehm

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National Drug Intelligence Center National Drug Threat Assessment 2010: Adolescent Drug Use

A short review with some data and statistics on youth drug usage.

This article was taken from National Drug Intelligence Center

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