Adolescent Substance Abuse

Carl Leukefeld, is Professor of Behavioral Science, Psychiatry, Oral Health Science and Social Work; Chair of the Department of Behavioral Science and Director of the Center on Drug and Alcohol Research, with a graduate appointment in Sociology. He came to the University of Kentucky in 1990 to establish the Center on Drug and Alcohol Research from the National Institute on Drug Abuse where he filled administrative and research positions. Dr. Leukefeld has published more than 200 articles, chapters, books and monographs. He currently serves on the NIH Community-Level Health Promotion Study Section and has served on the NIH/NIDA Health Services Initial Review Group. Carl is reviewer and consulting editor for seven journals. His research interests include treatment interventions, outcomes, HIV prevention, criminal justice sanctions, health services, and rural populations.Thomas P. Gullotta, is C.E.O. of Child and Family Agency and is a member of the psychology and education departments at Eastern Connecticut State University. He is the senior author of the 4th edition of The Adolescent Experience, co-editor of The Encyclopedia of Primary Prevention and Health Promotion, and editor emeritus of the Journal of Primary Prevention. He is the senior book series editor for Issues in Children's and Families' Lives. Tom holds editorial appointments on the Journal of Early Adolescence, Journal of Adolescent Research, and Journal of Educational and Psychological Consultation. He has published extensively on young people and primary prevention. In 1999, Tom was honored by the Society for Community Research and Action, Division 27 of the American Psychological Association with their Distinguished Contributions to Practice in Community Psychology Award.Michele Staton Tindall, is Assistant Professor in the Department of Behavioral Science with an appointment in the Center on Drug and Alcohol Research. Her research involves investigating interventions for substance involved offenders. She is a co-investigator for the NIDA funded Criminal Justice-Drug Abuse Treatment System (CJ-DATS) cooperative agreement which involves the development of criminal justice interventions for substance users transitioning from prison to community across ten national research centers. In addition, she recently served as the project director of a National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) funded project which involved designing, implementing, and evaluating an employment intervention for drug court participants. She is also the evaluator for multiple Center on Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) funded projects focused on enhancing comprehensive substance abuse treatment services for women and their children. Her research interests include women, criminal justice, social support, and rural populations.

• A Selected Social History of the Stepping-Stone Drugs.- A Biological/Genetic Perspective: The Addicted Brain.- Individual Characteristics and Needs Associated with Substance Misuse of Adolescents and Young Adults in Addiction Treatment.- Adolescent Substance Abuse Treatment: A Review of Evidence-Based Research.- Adolescent Outpatient Treatment.- Evidence-Based Family Treatment of Adolescent Substance Abuse and Dependence.- Residential Treatment of Adolescents with Substance Use Disorders: Evidence-Based Approaches and Best Practice Recommendations.- Primary Prevention in Adolescent Substance Abuse.- Religious Involvement and Adolescent Substance Use.- School Prevention.- Community Prevention Handbook on Adolescent Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment: Evidence-Based Practices.

From the reviews: "This book identifies individual characteristics that appear to increase the susceptibility of some adolescents to misuse substances and the evidence-based approaches to treatment and prevention that are efficacious as well as those that are ineffective. ... This book would clearly be most beneficial for individuals in the substance abuse counseling profession, as well as mental health clinicians and those in treatment intervention and prevention program development. Academic audiences might include graduate students in counseling and clinical psychology ... ." (Michael S. Goldsby, Doody's Review Service, January, 2010)