Preventing Youth Substance Abuse: Science-Based Programs for Children and Adolescents

Book Overview

Adolescent substance use can interfere with cognitive, emotional, and social development and may even affect later functioning in adult domains such as parenting and employment. The Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP) recognized that this problem does not arise anew in adolescence, but in fact has roots in childhood. CSAP identified four critical predictors from childhood for substance use that could be valuable targets for prevention of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1591473071
• ISBN13: 9781591473077
• Release Date: August 2006
• Publisher: American Psychological Association (APA)
• Length: 265 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.3" x 10.1"