Motivation for reducing substance use among minority adolescents: Targets for intervention

by | Dec 9, 2010 | Publications

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/46169612_Motivation_for_reducing_substance_use_among_minority_adolescents_Targets_for_intervention

Abstract: Motivation to change substance use is considered to be one of the most important predictors of client readiness for alcohol and other drug treatment and ability to benefit from treatment. Enhancing motivation to change substance use is an important emphasis of many substance use intervention programs.

Maltreatment clusters among youth in outpatient substance abuse treatment: Co-occurring patterns of psychiatric symptoms and sexual risk behaviors

by | Dec 9, 2010 | Publications

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/49690519_Maltreatment_Clusters_Among_Youth_in_Outpatient_Substance_Abuse_Treatment_Co-Occurring_Patterns_of_Psychiatric_Symptoms_and_Sexual_Risk_Behaviors

Abstract: The purpose of the current study was to describe the use of a brief maltreatment assessment instrument to classify adolescents receiving alcohol or other drug (AOD) treatment services based on the extensiveness and severity of prior maltreatment.