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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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Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Other Authors: Essau, Cecilia
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; Boston ; London : Academic, 2008.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Practical resources for the mental health professional.
Subjects:
Compulsive behavior in adolescence.
Teenagers > Substance use.
Substance abuse > Treatment.
Compulsive behavior in adolescence > Treatment.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Adolescent Addiction: Epidemiology, Assessment, and Treatment
  • Editor:Cecilia A. Essau
  • Roehampton University, London
  • Table of Contents
  • PrefaceCecilia A. Essau
  • Part 1.General Issues
  • Chapter 1.Foundations of Addictive Problems: Developmental, Social and Neurobiological Factors
  • Michele Preyde & Gerald Adams
  • Chapter 2.Classification and Assessment of Substance Use Disorders in Adolescents
  • Ty A. Ridenour, Bethany C. Bray, Heather S. Scott, & Linda B. Cottler
  • Part II.Specific Adolescent Addiction
  • Chapter 3.Alcohol Use, Abuse and Dependence
  • Cecilia A. Essau & Delyse Hutchinson
  • Chapter 4.Cannabis Abuse and Dependence
  • Wayne Hall, Louisa Degenhardt, & George Patton
  • Chapter 5.Tobacco Use and Dependence
  • Judith S. Brook, Kerstin Pahl, & David W. Brook
  • Chapter 6.Eating Addiction
  • David H. Gleaves & Janet D. Carter
  • Chapter 7.Gambling Practices among Youth: Etiology, Prevention and Treatment
  • Rina Gupta & Jeffrey L. Derevensky
  • Chapter 8.Internet and Video-game Addiction
  • Mark Griffiths
  • Chapter 9.Teen Sexual Addiction
  • Steve Sussman
  • Part III.Epilogue
  • Chapter 10.Comorbidity of Addictive Problems: Assessment and Treatment Implications
  • Cecilia A. Essau
  • Chapter 11.Social and Political Implications
  • Paul McArdle.