Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of contributors
- Forewords
- Acknowledgements
- List of abbreviations
- 1 Treating adolescent substance abuse: state of the science
- Part I Theoretical, empirical, and methodological foundations for research in adolescent substance abuse treatment
- Part II Practice and policy trends in treatment for adolescent substance abuse
- 6 Epidemiological trends and clinical implications of adolescent substance abuse in Europe
- 7 The Drug Abuse Treatment Outcomes Studies: outcomes with adolescent substance abusers
- 8 Adolescent treatment services: the context of care
- 9 The principles of service organization and practice in England
- 10 Health services with drug-abusing adolescents: the next frontier of research
- Part III Comprehensive assessment and integrative treatment planning with adolescent substance abusers
- Part IV Empirically based interventions for adolescent substance abuse: research and practical implications
- Part V Culturally based treatment development for adolescent substance abusers
- Part VI Building the future
- Index
- References
8 - Adolescent treatment services: the context of care
from Part II - Practice and policy trends in treatment for adolescent substance abuse
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 26 August 2009
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of contributors
- Forewords
- Acknowledgements
- List of abbreviations
- 1 Treating adolescent substance abuse: state of the science
- Part I Theoretical, empirical, and methodological foundations for research in adolescent substance abuse treatment
- Part II Practice and policy trends in treatment for adolescent substance abuse
- 6 Epidemiological trends and clinical implications of adolescent substance abuse in Europe
- 7 The Drug Abuse Treatment Outcomes Studies: outcomes with adolescent substance abusers
- 8 Adolescent treatment services: the context of care
- 9 The principles of service organization and practice in England
- 10 Health services with drug-abusing adolescents: the next frontier of research
- Part III Comprehensive assessment and integrative treatment planning with adolescent substance abusers
- Part IV Empirically based interventions for adolescent substance abuse: research and practical implications
- Part V Culturally based treatment development for adolescent substance abusers
- Part VI Building the future
- Index
- References
Summary
As the problem of substance abuse grows among youth of many nations, ensuring that young people have access to the highest quality and most effective drug and alcohol treatment becomes an ever more pressing public health issue. Since the mid-1990s, there have been a number of scientific advancements that have led to new medications and therapies with promising potential for substance abuse treatment (McLellan, 2002). However, while great strides have been made in research and in laboratory, many of these findings are not being transported into active treatment settings (McLellan, 2002). The translation of research into practice is significantly hindered by a disconnect between the clinical development and testing of effective interventions and the existing substance abuse treatment practice settings and the policy dictates that govern them.
For decades, the social sciences have linked organizational structures and processes to worker productivity and product quality. From Fredrick Taylor's work, which demonstrated increased productivity of assembly line processes, to the human relations school, which linked worker satisfaction and happiness to greater productivity, researchers have tried to determine the impact of organizational structure and processes on worker ability and product quality. This understanding has informed health-services research efforts to identify the delivery characteristics associated with efficient and effective patient care and the organizational environments needed to support the practice of evidence-based medicine in hospitals.
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- Adolescent Substance AbuseResearch and Clinical Advances, pp. 174 - 188Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2006
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