10 Questions to Ask When Evaluating Drug & Alcohol Treatment Programs for Girls
These 10 questions can help you make the best match between your daughter and the drug treatment or alcohol treatment program you select for her.
Teen Drug Abuse: Staying Informed About Designer Drugs
Parents and others concerned with the safety of young people do well to understand trends in the use of legal and easily accessed intoxicants. Information can help parents and others detect dangerous substance abuse and, just as importantly, engage their teen with accurate information and informed concern.
"Legal" But Deadly Drug Abuse In Teens
Since thousands upon thousands of everyday substances can, in adequate dosages, cause an altered mental, emotional, or physical state, it’s impossible to catalogue all of them. It’s also impossible for parents or law enforcement to entirely stay ahead of, monitor, or regulate the use of these dangerous alternatives to illegal drugs and alcohol. Nonetheless, parents and others concerned with the safety of young people do well to understand trends in the use of legal and easily accessed intoxicants. Information can help parents and others detect dangerous substance abuse and, just as importantly, engage their teen with accurate information and informed concern.
THE CHOKING GAME
One study published in the journal Clinical Pediatrics, found 65 YouTube videos featured the the choking game in a single month, with over 279,000 collective views. While there was no clear causative link found between the videos and an increase in game participation, these videos may lead to normalization of the behavior, increasing the likelihood of new participants.
What Makes Dual Diagnosis Treatment Different?
Dual diagnosis can require an integrated approach to treatment that is delivered by a single team of caregivers whose approach is philosophically congruent, intensely collaborative and well coordinated.
Substance Abuse Treatment as a Process
While substance abuse and addiction are treatable disorders, treatment does not always mean a discreet procedure or treatment, but an ongoing, multiphasic and systemic process.