Youth Substance Abuse and Co-occurring Disorders
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- Paperback
386 pages
- Release Date
23 September 2015
Summary
The editor and authors of Youth Substance Abuse and Co-occurring Disorders take an applied approach that serves the needs of clinicians, clinical researchers, and students in the fields of mental health, public health, and medicine (pediatrics, family medicine, and child and adolescent psychiatry, in particular). While the population of adolescents with SUD possesses diverse clinical characteristics, 70%–80% manifest comorbid psychopathology, known also as co-occurring disorders or dual di…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781585624973 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1585624977 |
| Author: | Yifrah Kaminer |
| Publisher: | American Psychiatric Association Publishing |
| Imprint: | American Psychiatric Association Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 386 |
| Release Date: | 23 September 2015 |
| Weight: | 526g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm x 17mm |
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Critics Review
Youth Substance Abuse and Co-occurring Disorders is a well-organized and accessible review of key concepts in the assessment and management of SUDs in adolescents. It offers a valuable launching point in our effort to address the “worldwide public health challenge” of SUDs in youth.
– Erik Loraas, M.D., Resident Editor * AACAP News *As a child psychiatry trainee, I find this to be a great didactic resource that is easy to read. My overall sense from reading this book is that each chapter is a great presentation of not only epidemiology and ethology, but also an in-depth understanding of different types of therapy used in treating young people for substance abuse in combination with other psychiatric disorders.
– Laura Gavanescu, M.D. * Doody’s Book Review *About The Author
Yifrah Kaminer
Yifrah Kaminer, M.D., M.B.A., is Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics with the Alcohol Research and the Youth Injury Prevention Centers of the University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, Connecticut.
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