Treatment of Adolescent Substance Use Disorders

Current Treatment Options in Psychiatry

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 175-188

  Belendiuk, Katherine A ^a   Riggs, Paula ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Substance abuse; Substance dependence; Substance use disorders; SUD; Treatment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84996580909     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21963061     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40501-014-0016-3     Document Type: Review

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