Adolescents differ from adults emotionally and physiologically. Therefore, treatment of adolescent substance use disorders must reflect unique needs. In addition to gender, age and cultural background, treatment providers must address issues that play significant roles in an adolescents' lives, such as cognitive, emotional, physical, social and moral development, and family and peer environment. This Treatment Improvement Protocol focuses on how to tailor treatment for adolescents, as well as on common and effective treatment components being used today.

Contents:
• Editorial Advisory Board
• Consensus Panel
• Foreword
• Executive Summary and Recommendations
• Chapter 1--Substance Use Among Adolescents
• Chapter 2—Tailoring Treatment to the Adolescent's Problem
• Chapter 3—General Program Characteristics
• Chapter 4—Twelve-Step-Based Programs
• Chapter 5—Therapeutic Communities
• Chapter 6—Family Therapy
• Chapter 7—Youths With Distinctive Treatment Needs
• Chapter 8—Legal and Ethical Issues
• Appendix A -- Bibliography
• Appendix B —Medical Management of Drug Intoxication and Withdrawal
• Appendix C --Field Reviewers