Current advances in the treatment of adolescent drug use

Research on the development and efficacy of drug abuse treatment for adolescents has made great strides recently. Several distinct models have been studied, and these approaches range from brief interventions to intensive treatments. This paper has three primary aims: to provide an overview of conceptual issues relevant to treating adolescents suspected of drug-related problems, including an overview of factors believed to contribute to a substance use disorder, to review the empirical treatment outcome literature, and to identify areas of need and promising directions for future research.

• Publication year

  2014

• Venue

  Adolescent Health, Medicine and Therapeutics

• Publication date

  2014-11-20

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Psychology

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.2147/AHMT.S48053PMID 25429247PMCID 4241949
• External record

  Open on Semantic Scholar

• Source metadata

  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

• No claims are published for this paper.

• No concepts are published for this paper.

• COGNITIVE THERAPY

  2016cited by this paper
• Assessing Adolescent Substance Abuse Programs With Updated Quality Indicators: The Development of a Consumer Guide for Adolescent Treatment

  2015cited by this paper
• One-year outcomes and mediators of a brief intervention for drug abusing adolescents.

  2014cited by this paper
• Substance Use Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment for Pediatricians

  2014cited by this paper
• Collegiate Recovery Communities Programs: What Do We Know and What Do We Need to Know?

  2014cited by this paper
• Clinical Manual of Adolescent Substance Abuse Treatment

  2013cited by this paper
• The comparative effectiveness of outpatient treatment for adolescent substance abuse: a meta-analysis.

  2013cited by this paper
• Motivational Interviewing for adolescent substance use: a review of the literature.

  2012cited by this paper
• Youth recovery contexts: the incremental effects of 12-step attendance and involvement on adolescent outpatient outcomes.

  2012cited by this paper
• The effects of family therapies for adolescent delinquency and substance abuse: a meta-analysis.

  2012cited by this paper
• Persistent cannabis users show neuropsychological decline from childhood to midlife

  2012cited by this paper
• Interventions to prevent substance use and risky sexual behaviour in young people: a systematic review.

  2012cited by this paper
• A Meta-Analysis of Interventions to Reduce Adolescent Cannabis Use

  2011cited by this paper
• Substance Use Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment for Pediatricians

  2011cited by this paper
• Effectiveness of motivational interviewing interventions for adolescent substance use behavior change: a meta-analytic review.

  2011cited by this paper
• Adolescent Brain Development and Drugs.

  2011cited by this paper
• Substance abuse among adolescents

  2011cited by this paper
• Effects of a brief intervention for reducing violence and alcohol misuse among adolescents: a randomized controlled trial.

  2010cited by this paper
• Clinical Manual of Adolescent Substance Abuse Treatment

  2010cited by this paper
• Evidence for optimism: behavior therapies and motivational interviewing in adolescent substance abuse treatment.

  2010cited by this paper
• A brief motivational interview in a pediatric emergency department, plus 10-day telephone follow-up, increases attempts to quit drinking among youth and young adults who screen positive for problematic drinking.

  2010cited by this paper
• Monitoring the Future. National Results on Adolescent Drug Use: Overview of Key Findings, 2009. NIH Publication Number 10-7583.

  2010cited by this paper
• Adolescent-only substance abuse treatment: availability and adoption of components of quality.

  2009cited by this paper
• Adolescent Substance Abuse Treatment: A Review of Evidence-Based Research

  2009cited by this paper
• Ten things that motivational interviewing is not.

  2009cited by this paper
• Adolescent substance abuse. Evidence-based approaches to prevention and treatment.

  2009cited by this paper
• School-based prevention for illicit drugs use: a systematic review.

  2008cited by this paper
• Evidence-Based Psychosocial Treatments for Adolescent Substance Abuse

  2008cited by this paper
• Likelihood of developing an alcohol and cannabis use disorder during youth: association with recent use and age.

  2008cited by this paper
• Prevalence and comorbidity of major internalizing and externalizing problems among adolescents and adults presenting to substance abuse treatment.

  2008cited by this paper
• The twelve-step recovery model of AA: a voluntary mutual help association.

  2008cited by this paper
• Substance Abuse Among Adolescents

  2008cited by this paper
• Interventions for prevention of drug use by young people delivered in non-school settings.

  2006cited by this paper
• A Comprehensive and Comparative Review of Adolescent Substance Abuse Treatment Outcome

  2006cited by this paper
• Effective Family-Based Interventions for Adolescents With Substance Use Problems: A Systematic Review

  2005cited by this paper
• Emergency department-based intervention with adolescent substance users: 12-month outcomes.

  2005cited by this paper
• Pharmacotherapy of Adolescent Substance Use Disorders: AReview of the Literature

  2005cited by this paper
• Chemical dependency and psychiatric services for adolescents in private managed care: implications for outcomes.

  2005cited by this paper
• The American Psychiatric Association

  2005cited by this paper
• On the learning curve: the emerging evidence supporting cognitive-behavioral therapies for adolescent substance abuse.

  2004cited by this paper
• Effectiveness of community-based treatment for substance-abusing adolescents: 12-month outcomes of youths entering phoenix academy or alternative probation dispositions.

  2004cited by this paper
• Predicting Incentives to Change Among Adolescents with Substance Abuse Disorder

  2004cited by this paper
• Meta-analysis of MFT interventions.

  2003cited by this paper
• Rapid relapse generally follows treatment for substance use disorders among adolescents.

  2003cited by this paper
• A systematic review of the effectiveness of brief interventions with substance using adolescents by type of drug.

  2003cited by this paper
• Measuring risks and outcomes in substance use disorders prevention research.

  2002cited by this paper
• Concomitance between childhood sexual and physical abuse and substance use problems. A review.

  2002cited by this paper
• Drug Abuse: Origins and Interventions

  2002cited by this paper
• Treatment outcomes for adolescent substance abuse at 4- and 7-month assessments.

  2001cited by this paper
• An evaluation of drug treatments for adolescents in 4 US cities.

  2001cited by this paper
• An overview of controlled studies of adolescent substance abuse treatment.

  2001cited by this paper
• Family-Based Therapy for Adolescent Drug Abuse: Knowns and Unknowns

  2000cited by this paper
• Effectiveness of coerced addiction treatment (alternative consequences): a review of the clinical research.

  2000cited by this paper
• School-Based Adolescent Drug Prevention Programs: 1998 Meta-Analysis

  2000cited by this paper
• Treating Adolescents with Substance Use Disorders: An Overview of Practice Issues and Treatment Outcome

  1999cited by this paper
• An ecodevelopmental framework for organizing the influences on drug abuse: A developmental model of risk and protection.

  1999cited by this paper
• Community as Method: Therapeutic Communities for Special Populations and Special Settings

  1999cited by this paper
• Community As Method

  1997cited by this paper
• Preadolescent conduct disorder behaviors predict relapse and progression of addiction for adolescent alcohol and drug abusers.

  1995cited by this paper
• The same and not the same

  1995cited by this paper
• Characteristics of relapse following adolescent substance abuse treatment.

  1989cited by this paper
• Meta-Analysis of 143 Adolescent Drug Prevention Programs: Quantitative Outcome Results of Program Participants Compared to a Control or Comparison Group

  1986cited by this paper
• Distribution Theory for Glass's Estimator of Effect size and Related Estimators

  1981cited by this paper
• ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS

  1978cited by this paper

• Sex-dependent developmental changes in behavior, brain structure, functional connectivity, and sensory perception following exposure to psilocybin during adolescence.

  2026cites this paper
• Developing an Inpatient Substance Use Disorder Program in a Middle-Income Country: The Experience of Sbrana Psychiatric Hospital, Botswana

  2025cites this paper
• Examining quality of life by recovery status among college students with a history of substance use

  2025cites this paper
• Lifespan investigation of brain volumetric changes associated with substance use disorders

  2025cites this paper
• Lifespan investigation of brain volumetric changes associated with substance use disorders

  2025cites this paper
• How Much Treatment are Adolescents Receiving in Specialised Substance Use Healthcare in Sweden? Age and Cohort Trends

  2025cites this paper
• Prevalence of substance use and knowledge of its effects among secondary school students in Lagos, Nigeria

  2025cites this paper
• Measuring Goal Progress Using the Goal‐Based Outcome Measure in Youth Wellness Hubs Ontario—An Integrated Youth Services Network

  2025cites this paper
• Exploring the experiences and perceptions of young people’s recreational nitrous oxide use

  2025cites this paper
• Brain-derived neurotrophic factor levels in morphine-addicted rodents under different exercise protocols: a systematic review and meta-analysis

  2025cites this paper
• Adolescent vulnerability to methamphetamine: Dose-related escalation of self-administration and cue extinction deficits.

  2025cites this paper
• Analysis of rising cases of adolescent opioid use presentations to the emergency department and their management.

  2024cites this paper
• Burden of drug use disorders in the United States from 1990 to 2021 and its projection until 2035: results from the GBD study

  2024cites this paper
• Editorial: Adolescent Substance Use Prevention and Treatment Is Our Wheelhouse.

  2024cites this paper
• Visualizing the Influence of Social Networks on Recovery: A Mixed-Methods Social Identity Mapping Study with Recovering Adolescents

  2024cites this paper
• Cocaine reward and reinstatement in adolescent versus adult rodents

  2024cites this paper
• N-acetylcysteine does not alter neurometabolite levels in non-treatment seeking adolescents who use alcohol heavily: A preliminary randomized clinical trial

  2023cites this paper
• The adolescent and parent brief intervention protocol for drug use treatment: A pilot study in a Brazilian sample

  2023influential citation
• “A peer support worker can really be there supporting the youth throughout the whole process”: a qualitative study exploring the role of peer support in providing substance use services to youth

  2023cites this paper
• Influence of reconsolidation in maintenance of cocaine-associated contextual memories formed during adolescence or adulthood

  2023cites this paper
• Criminal thinking and psychosocial characteristics among young adults entering residential substance use treatment

  2023cites this paper
• Widening Gaps and Disparities in the Treatment of Adolescent Alcohol and Drug Use Disorders.

  2023cites this paper
• Context-drug-associations and reinstatement of drug-seeking behavior in male rats: adolescent and adult time-dependent effects.

  2023cites this paper
• Analyses of the TCU drug screen 5: using an item response theory model with a sample of juvenile justice youth

  2022cites this paper
• Practical Considerations for Engaging Youth With Lived And/or Living Experience of Substance Use as Youth Advisors and Co-Researchers

  2022cites this paper
• A qualitative study exploring how young people perceive and experience substance use services in British Columbia, Canada

  2022influential citation
• Cannabis use and cannabis use disorder

  2021cites this paper
• Comparing the effectiveness of three substance use interventions for youth with and without homelessness experiences prior to treatment.

  2021cites this paper
• Volunteer Recovery Support for Adolescents: Using propensity score based methods to understand dosage effects within a randomized controlled trial.

  2021cites this paper
• Athletic Trainer-Reported Prevalence of Mental Health, Substance Use, and Barriers to Health in Secondary Schools.

  2021cites this paper
• Co-occurring mental disorder and substance use disorder in young people: aetiology, assessment and treatment

  2021cites this paper
• Adolescents with substance abuse problems in outpatient treatment: A one-year prospective follow-up study

  2021cites this paper
• An improvement in ability of adolescent drug users to solve problems through problem-solving therapy.

  2021cites this paper
• Traditional treatment strategies for alcoholism and the withdrawal symptoms

  2021cites this paper
• Substance use disorder: Screening adolescents in primary care.

  2020cites this paper
• Practical factors determining adolescent substance use treatment settings: Results from four online stakeholder panels.

  2020cites this paper
• Adolescent Problem in Psychology: A Review of Adolescent Mental Health Studies

  2020cites this paper
• Pediatric Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry: An Update and Review

  2020cites this paper
• Identifying optimal level-of-care placement decisions for adolescent substance use treatment.

  2020cites this paper
• Gray and white matter morphology in substance use disorders: a neuroimaging systematic review and meta-analysis

  2020cites this paper
• Role of adolescent-formed, context-drug-associations on reinstatement of drug-seeking behavior in rats

  2020cites this paper
• Bridges to Sobriety: Testing the Feasibility and Acceptability of a Mobile App Designed to Supplement an Adolescent Substance Use Disorder Treatment Program

  2020cites this paper
• Substance-using adolescents admitted to inpatient treatment: characteristics and factors associated with length of time in treatment.

  2020cites this paper
• Substance Use Among Refugee and Conflict-Affected Children and Adolescents

  2020cites this paper
• Cannabis Use Disorder and Its Treatment

  2020cites this paper
• Interventions for substance misuse in young people

  2020cites this paper
• Treating Adolescent Substance Use

  2019cites this paper
• Utilization of Emergency Psychiatry Service in a Tertiary Care Centre in North Eastern India: A Retrospective Study

  2019cites this paper
• Substance Use in Adolescents Chapter

  2019cites this paper
• Medications for Substance Use and Relapse Prevention

  2019cites this paper
• Influences of victimization and comorbid conditions on latency to illicit drug use among adolescents and young adults.

  2019cites this paper
• Medications for Maintenance Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder in Adolescents: A Narrative Review and Assessment of Clinical Benefits and Potential Risks, Offering a Public Health Perspective-A Commentary on Camenga et al.

  2019cites this paper
• Outpatient psychosocial substance use treatments for young people: An overview of reviews.

  2019cites this paper
• Addressing the opioid epidemic with behavioral interventions for adolescents and young adults: A quasi-experimental design.

  2019cites this paper
• Opioid seeking behaviors and diversion in hospitalized pediatric patients: A case series.

  2019cites this paper
• Testing Mediational Processes of Substance Use Relapse among Youth who Participated in A Mobile Texting Aftercare Project

  2019cites this paper
• Intertemporal decision-making-related brain states predict adolescent drug abuse intervention responses

  2019cites this paper
• Factors involved in changing drug use behavior in adolescence

  2019cites this paper
• Experiences and Perceptions of Staff Providing Substance Use Disorder Treatment for Adolescents

  2019cites this paper
• Amphetamine enantiomers inhibit homomeric &agr;7 nicotinic receptor through a competitive mechanism and within the intoxication levels in humans

  2019cites this paper
• An update on cannabis use disorder with comment on the impact of policy related to therapeutic and recreational cannabis use

  2019cites this paper
• A randomized trial of Volunteer Recovery Support for Adolescents (VRSA) following residential treatment discharge.

  2019cites this paper
• Pharmacological Treatment of Youth Substance Use Disorders

  2019influential citation
• Buprenorphine Treatment for Adolescents and Young Adults With Opioid Use Disorders: A Narrative Review.

  2018cites this paper
• Patterns of simultaneous and concurrent alcohol and marijuana use among adolescents

  2018cites this paper
• Using Ecological Momentary Assessment to Identify Mechanisms of Change: An Application From a Pharmacotherapy Trial With Adolescent Cannabis Users.

  2018cites this paper
• Youths Perceived Parental Influence on Substance Use Changes and Motivation to Seek Treatment

  2018cites this paper
• Needs, Services Received, and Outcomes of Adolescents and Young Adults in Substance Use Disorder (SUD) Treatment

  2018cites this paper
• Opioid Use Disorders in Adolescents—Updates in Assessment and Management

  2018cites this paper
• Multidimensional Family Therapy as a community-based alternative to residential treatment for adolescents with substance use and co-occurring mental health disorders.

  2018cites this paper
• Developmental perspectives on methamphetamine abuse: Exploring adolescent vulnerabilities on brain and behavior

  2017cites this paper
• Examining Treatment Outcomes: Differences Between Primary and Non-Primary Marijuana-Using Youths Transitioning Into Recovery

  2017cites this paper
• A Unique Model for Adolescent Addiction Treatment: A Description of the Alberta Adolescent Recovery Centre

  2017cites this paper
• Adaptação brasileira do manual brief intervention for adolescent alcohol and drug use

  2017cites this paper
• How Does the 12-step Model of Recovery Benefit and Complicate Harm Reduction Strategies for Substance Abusing Adolescent Youth?

  2017cites this paper
• Adolescents with cannabis use disorders: Adaptive treatment for poor responders.

  2017cites this paper
• Emerging Pharmacologic Treatments for Adolescent Substance Use: Challenges and New Directions

  2016cites this paper
• A family-oriented therapy program for youths with substance abuse: long-term outcomes related to relapse and academic or social status

  2016cites this paper
• The Role of Pharmacotherapy in the Treatment of Adolescent Substance Use Disorders.

  2016cites this paper
• Sex differences in drug addiction and response to exercise intervention: From human to animal studies.

  2016cites this paper
• Technology-based Interventions for Preventing and Treating Substance Use Among Youth.

  2016cites this paper
• Investigating the scalar equivalence of the English version of the South African Substance Use Contextual Risk Instrument across the English and isiXhosa mother tongue speakers

  2016cites this paper
• Substance use after bariatric surgery: A review.

  2016cites this paper
• a family-oriented therapy program for youths with substance abuse: long-term outcomes related to relapse and academic or social status

  2016cites this paper
• Motius de consum de cànnabis dels adolescents amb trastorn dual

  2015cites this paper
• Parental involvement in brief interventions for adolescent marijuana use.

  2015cites this paper
• Can Brief Alcohol Interventions for Youth Also Address Concurrent Illicit Drug Use? Results from a Meta-analysis

  2015cites this paper
• A family-oriented treatment program for youths with ketamine abuse and their caregivers: a pilot study in Taiwan

  2015cites this paper
• A cross-sectional assessment of the long term effects of brief strategic family therapy for adolescent substance use.

  2015cites this paper
• UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA

  2015cites this paper
• Peer Group Therapy for Adolescent Substance Misuse Treatment: A Scoping Review

  year unknowncites this paper