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MDFT DVD www.mdft.org – Download MDFT Intro chapter at http://med.miami.edu/ctrada/documents/Liddle,%20H.%20A.%20(2010)%20Treating%20adolescent%20substance%20abuse%20using%20Multidi…

Teens trained to spot drama before it turns dangerous
Schools have taken on the work of teaching adolescents about substance abuse, sex and in some cases, preventing dating violence. And it works. Evidence shows that classroom education based on lectures and activities can help, as well as programs that …
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Golf tournament supports nonprofit
Rimrock Trails Adolescent Treatment Services is hosting a golf tournament July 12 at Meadow Lakes Golf Course in Prineville. Proceeds will help pay for substance abuse treatment for adolescents in Central Oregon. Rimrock Trails is a nonprofit provider …
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King County to set up its own drug take-back program
Manskopf said, “What we're finding in the adolescent substance abuse program is that kids who start using them are getting addicted to them and when they get too expensive, they turn to heroin so we're seeing an increase in the number of heroin addictions.
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Young people's mental illness and substance abuse a 'two-way street'
"Everyone who has been through that period of life will remember how difficult it was," says Patrick McGorry, professor of youth mental health at the University of Melbourne, and director of Orygen Youth Health. "It's an incredibly stressful period …
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