what to do when a teenager uses alcohol/drugs : a step-by-step system that really works Schaefer, Dick creator Espeland, Pamela 1951- text bibliography Paperback mnu Minneapolis Johnson Institute Books 1987 monographic eng

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x, 155 pages ; 20 cm Written for parents, teachers, family doctors, mental health professionals, school guidance counsellors, social workers, juvenile justice workers, clergy, and anyone else who cares about teenagers, it describes a step-by-step process called intervention that you can use to stop a teenager's harmful involvement with chemicals 1. "You sat on the burner, baby, you sit on the blisters" and other basic principles of intervention -- Part I. Learning about teenage chemical dependence -- 2. Why teenagers use alcohol/drugs -- 3. The addiction process -- 4. The feeling disease -- 5. How chemical dependence in teenagers differs from chemical dependence in adults -- 6. From use to addiction: an overview of teenage involvement with alcohol/drugs -- 7. How to tell if a teenager is using and how bad it really is -- 8. The tasks of adolescence -- 9. The adolescent delusional system -- Part II. Intervening with teenagers in trouble with alcohol/drugs -- 10. Disengagement: preparing for intervention -- 11. The professional's role in disengagement -- 12. Confrontation: doing intervention -- 13. The professional's role in confrontation -- 14. Reintegration: following up intervention by Dick Schaefer ; edited by Pamela Espeland Includes bibliographical references (pages 140-141) and index n-us--- Teenagers Alcohol use United States Alcoholism United States Prevention Teenagers Drug use United States Drug abuse United States Prevention Teenagers United States Alcohol use Alcoholism Drug abuse Drug addiction Drug abuse United States Prevention Alcoholism Adolescent Alcoholism prevention & control Substance-Related Disorders Substance-Related Disorders prevention & control alcoholism drug addiction drug abuse Youth Alcohol use HV5135 .S33 1987 362.2 WM 270 S294 1987 0935908420 9780935908428 058517184X 9780585171845 87022717 870819 20231208112158.0 16647599