Youth and Their Families

Julie Anne Laser-Maira, PhD, LCSW, MSW, Associate Professor, Graduate School of Social Work, University of Denver David Blair, LCSW, MSW, Co-director, Denver Family Therapy Center Jamie Blair Echevarria, LCSW, LMFT, Clinical Director, Adolescent Substance Abuse Program and Youth Drug Alcohol Prevention and Education Program, Denver Family Therapy Center Darrin Wallis, PhD, LCSW, LMFT, MSW, Clinical Fellow and Approved Supervisor, Denver Family Therapy Center Orion Castro, Director of Data, Denver Family Therapy Center Jason Conger, LMFT, LCSW, LAC, CHES, Therapist, Denver Family Therapy Center

Preface

Chapter 1: Defining Systems Theory
Chapter 2: Defining Family
Chapter 3: Defining Family Systems Therapy
Chapter 4: Defining Substance Abuse in Adolescence
Chapter 5: Evidenced-Based Treatment and Family Systems Therapy: Complementary Practices
Chapter 6: Prevention
Chapter 7: Outpatient, Community-Based Treatment Interventions
Chapter 8: Inpatient/Residential (Non-Hospital)
Chapter 9: Marijuana Legalization and its Effect on Substance Abuse Programs in the U.S.
Chapter 10: The Opioid Epidemic
Chapter 11: Conclusions and Self-Care

Appendix
Index