
Focus 5:249-261, Spring 2007
© 2007 American Psychiatric Association
Practice Parameter for the Assessment and Treatment of Children and Adolescents With Substance Use Disorders
This practice parameter describes the assessment and treatment of children and adolescents with substance use disorders and is based on scientific evidence and clinical consensus regarding diagnosis and effective treatment as well as on the current state of clinical practice. This parameter considers risk factors for substance use and related problems, normative use of substances by adolescents, the comorbidity of substance use disorders with other psychiatric disorders, and treatment settings and modalities.
(Reprinted with permission from the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 2005; 44(6):609–621)
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