Adolescent addiction : epidemiology, assessment and treatment /
Adolescent Addiction: Epidemiology, Assessment, and Treatment presents a comprehensive review of information on adolescent addiction, including prevalence and co-morbidity rates, risk factors to addiction, and prevention and treatment strategies. Unlike other books that may focus on one specific add...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam ; Boston ; London :
Academic,
2008.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Series: | Practical resources for the mental health professional.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Adolescent Addiction: Epidemiology, Assessment, and Treatment presents a comprehensive review of information on adolescent addiction, including prevalence and co-morbidity rates, risk factors to addiction, and prevention and treatment strategies. Unlike other books that may focus on one specific addiction, this book covers a wide range of addictions in adolescents, including alcohol, cannabis, tobacco, eating, gambling, internet and video games, and sex addiction. Intended to be of practical use to clinicians treating adolescent addiction, the book contains a wealth of information that will be of use to the researcher as well. A global perspective is offer from international contributors, representing the US, Canada, the UK, New Zealand, and Australia. * Comprehensive with the state-of-the-art information on important and the most common adolescent addiction * Easy to understand and organized chapters * Written by international experts. |
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| Item Description: | Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | xii, 332 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780123736253 0123736250 |