Staff Manual for Adolescent Substance Abuse Intervention Workbook

Steven L. Jaffe, M.D., received his psychiatry training at Harvard University and the Massachusetts Mental Health Center, and his child psychiatry training at Emory University. He has been Editor of the Newsletter of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and President of the Georgia Council for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Dr. Jaffe if currently the Director of Adolescent Programs, Psychiatric and Chemical Dependency, at CPC-Parkwood Hospital and Associate Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia.

Section 1: A Note for the Teenager; Drugs That You Have Used; Mixed Thinking. Section 2 - Alcohol/Drug Effects on your life: Putting your Life in Danger; Putting Other Lives in Danger; Depression Worsens; Thinking Less of Yourself; Breaking the Law and/or Getting Arrested; Effects on Schoolwork; Losing the Trust of Your Family; Effects on Body and/or Brain; Running Away from Painful Feelings; Effects on Your Mind; Trying to Control Drinking and Drug Use; Effects on Your Future. Section 3 - Summary of Effects. Section 4 - Making a Decision.