... drives for individuality, separation, autonomy, and social acceptance (NCJRS, 2000). In an effort to understand the seriousness of juvenile substance abuse, one must look at the trends in alcohol and other drug use. The following summarizes recent trends in substance abuse among youth in the United States: Youth in the general population have reported steadily rising levels of alcohol and other drug use since ... 1992, but levels of use have not returned to the peak rates reported in the 1980's (Substance Abuse and Mental Health ... and result from dysfunctional families. Substance abus...

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... effects are intoxication, sensory alteration, and/or anxiety reduction. Symptoms of overdose staggering, odor of alcohol on breath, loss of coordination, slurred speech, dilated pupils, fetal alcohol syndrome (in babies), and/or nerve and liver damage. Withdrawal Syndrome is first sweating, tremors, then altered perception, followed by psychosis, fear, and finally auditory hallucinations. Indications of possible mis-use ... drugs. Alcohol continues to be the most frequently abused substance among young adults. HERE ARE SOME STRAIGHT FACTS ABOUT ALCOHOL.... Alcohol abuse is a pattern of p...

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... About behavior based on new information, Engages patient's ambivalence about Treatment (Project Match 1998) Network therapy Engages the patient in a support network Composed of family members and Peers (Am J Psychiatry 1993) Psychodrama Role-playing (Nurs Pract 1992) Relapse Prevention Information, identification of high-risk Situation, anticipatory Guidance (Relapse prevention 1985) Supportive Encouragement and support for ... patients own Strategies for remaining alcohol abstinent, Advice given if requested (Gen Psyc. 1992) A variety of psychotherapeutic approaches have shown efficacy ...

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... in the two weeks before being surveyed (Johnston et al, 2003). This pattern of heavy, intermittent drinking is also prevalent among college students (White et al, 2002a) and young military personnel (Bray, 1996). While levels of alcohol use among adolescents remain high, the perceived risk associated with such use appears to be declining. From 1992 ... to 2002, the percentage of 12th graders perceiving "great risk of harm" associated with drinking four or five drinks per day, nearly everyday, dropped from 71% to 59% (Johnston et al, 2003). It does not appear that adolescent alcohol abuse...

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