SBIRT for adolescent drug and alcohol use: Current status and future directions

Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 463-472

  Mitchell, Shannon Gwin ^a   Gryczynski, Jan ^a   O'Grady, Kevin E ^b   Schwartz, Robert P ^a  

^a FRIENDS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Brief intervention; SBIRT; Screening; Treatment referral

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; ALCOHOL; CANNABIS; COCAINE; DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; DRUG ABUSE; EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION; EMERGENCY WARD; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL HEALTH EDUCATION; SCREENING; SCREENING BRIEF INTERVENTIONS, AND REFERRAL TO TREATMENT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TOBACCO;

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PSYCHOTHERAPY, BRIEF; PUBLIC HEALTH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RISK; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84875073466     PISSN: 07405472     EISSN: 18736483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsat.2012.11.005     Document Type: Article

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