Table of Contents

List of contributors; Acknowledgements; Preface Hamid Ghodse; 1. Introduction Hamid Ghodse; 2. Prevention programmes Ilana B. Crome and Paul McArdle; 3. The epidemiology of substance misuse in young people Martin Frischer, Paul McArdle and Ilana B. Crome; 4. Determinants of substance misuse Paul McArdle and John Macleod; 5. Social influences Daphne Rumball and Ilana B. Crome; 6. Psychiatric comorbidity Ilana B. Crome; 7. Implications of parental substance misuse Eilish Gilvarry and Ilana B. Crome; 8. Health issues Ilana B. Crome, Daphne Rumball and Mervyn London; 9. Young people and smoking Kate Woodhouse; 10. The process of assessment Ilana B. Crome; 11. Treatment Ilana B. Crome, Paul McArdle, Eilish Gilvarry and Sue Bailey; 12. Perspectives on substance misuse in young offenders Sue Bailey and Ruth Marshall; 13. Ethical and legal principles Carole A. Kaplan and Paul McArdle; 14. Developing an evidence-based model for services Richard Williams, Eilish Gilvarry and Jane Christian; Index.

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An overview of the consequences of substance misuse, the interventions and services available, and the way forward for improving treatment and services.