Overview
Adolescent Addiction: Epidemiology, Assessment, and Treatment, Second Edition, offers researchers and clinicians a single-volume resource on the nature, extent and treatment of addictive problems in adolescents. Chapters cover the foundations of addictive problems, including developmental, social and neurobiological factors, common addictions among adolescents, including e-cigarettes, shopping, smartphones, social networking and exercise addiction, and challenges and recommendations for future research in adolescent addiction. Chapters in the second half of the book cover clinical characteristics, screening and clinical assessment methods, epidemiology, comorbidity, course and outcome, protective and risk factors, and more. Presents a breadth of coverage on addiction problems Presents a simple and accessible organization, making it easy to examine specific addictive problems - their nature, extent and prevention/intervention Includes a concise summary of key clinical points in each chapter to help readers put findings into practice
- | Author: Cecilia A. Essau|Paul Delfabbro
- | Publisher: Academic Press
- | Publication Date: March 03, 2020
- | Number of Pages: 356 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback
- | ISBN-10: 0128186267
- | ISBN-13: 9780128186268
