An enlightening discussion of the major issues related to the prevention and treatment of adolescent substance abuse. Information-packed chapters lend a new perspective to the field and suggest implications for practice in services for youth.

Jerome Beker, Richard Isralowitz, Mark Singer

Chapter 1 Introduction: Understanding Adolescent Substance Abuse, Mark Singer, Richard Isralowitz; Chapter 2 Substance Abuse and Social Deviance: A Youth Assessment Framework, Arthur Blum, Mark Singer; Chapter 3 Childhood: Setting the Stage for Addiction, David A. Sedlacek; Chapter 4 Influences on Adolescent Problem Behavior: Causes, Connections, and Contexts, Ardyth Norem-Hebeisen, Diane P. Hedin; Chapter 5 Reducing Black Adolescents' Drug Use: Family Revisited, Laura J. Lee; Chapter 6 Hispanic Adolescents and Substance Abuse: Issues for the 1980s, Denise Humm-Delgado, Melvin Delgado; Chapter 7 Psychotropic and General Drug Use by Mentally Retarded Persons: A Test of the Status Model of Drug Use, Ann E. MacEachron; Chapter 8 Conceptual and Clinical Issues in the Treatment of Adolescent Alcohol and Substance Misusers, William J. Filstead, Carl L. Anderson;