Drugs & Alcohol Use Among School-Aged Youth

The professional literature identifies a variety of risk factors that indicate whether an adolescent is at risk of substance abuse. Many of these risk factors revolve around family composition and dynamics such as family drug use, family interaction patterns, and boundaries (Springer & Orsbon, 2002). In treating a substance abusing adolescent, the family is therefore often a key target of intervention. Springer and Orsbon (2002) have noted that structural family therapy is often prescribed to facilitate a reduction in substance abuse among adolescents and to offer the family in crisis some support that can assist all family members in eliminating substance abuse from their lives.

The problem is also significant, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics (2001), because the numbers of children, adolescents, and families affected by substance abuse have sharply increased since

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