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
- 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
- 15 Adolescent therapeutic communities: future directions for practice and research
- 16 School-based group treatment for adolescent substance abuse
- 17 Profiles of change in behavioral and family interventions for adolescent substance abuse and dependence
- 18 Behavioral management approaches for adolescent substance abuse
- 19 Evidence-based cognitive–behavioral therapies for adolescent substance use disorders: applications and challenges
- Part V Culturally based treatment development for adolescent substance abusers
- Part VI Building the future
- Index
- References
18 - Behavioral management approaches for adolescent substance abuse
from Part IV - Empirically based interventions for adolescent substance abuse: research and practical implications
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
- 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
- 15 Adolescent therapeutic communities: future directions for practice and research
- 16 School-based group treatment for adolescent substance abuse
- 17 Profiles of change in behavioral and family interventions for adolescent substance abuse and dependence
- 18 Behavioral management approaches for adolescent substance abuse
- 19 Evidence-based cognitive–behavioral therapies for adolescent substance use disorders: applications and challenges
- Part V Culturally based treatment development for adolescent substance abusers
- Part VI Building the future
- Index
- References
Summary
As described elsewhere in this volume, adolescent substance use and abuse is a pernicious problem. To a large extent, the problems of continued substance abuse by adolescents cuts across cultures and socioeconomic status, and the costs of untreated adolescent substance abuse are high on both societal and personal levels. This chapter is a modest attempt to describe a behaviorally based treatment (i.e., contingency management) of adolescent substance abuse based on the application of principles delineated by workers in the field of experimental analysis of behavior (e.g., Catania, 1980; Turner, Callhoun, & Adams, 1981; Ullman & Krasner, 1965). This chapter is not intended to provide a comprehensive review of contingency management nor to describe how to implement contingency management, as several excellent sources already exist to fill those needs (e.g., Higgins & Silverman, 1999; Petry, 2000; Stitzer & Higgins, 1995). The chapter will, instead, focus on the reasons we believe behaviorally oriented treatment approaches are likely to prove useful in the treatment of adolescent substance use disorders. We will describe two commonly used contingency management procedures, review the application of these two procedures to treat adolescent substance abuse, and discuss the issues surrounding their implementation.
Behavior analysis
Behavior analysis has a long and rich history. The basic premise that has guided clinicians and researchers is that behavior is controlled by its consequences.
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- Adolescent Substance AbuseResearch and Clinical Advances, pp. 375 - 395Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2006
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