Practice parameter for the assessment and treatment of children and adolescents with substance use disorders

Practice parameter for the assessment and treatment of children and adolescents with substance use disorders

30 November 2009
American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
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DISEASE/CONDITION(S)
Substance use disorders (SUDs)

Note: The term "substance use disorders" encompasses both substance abuse and substance dependence under the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, Text Revision (DSM-IV-TR) category of substance-related disorders. Substance use disorders are defined for alcohol, amphetamine (or amphetamine-like), caffeine, cannabis, cocaine, hallucinogens, inhalants, nicotine, opioids, phencyclidine (or phencyclidine-like), and sedative, hypnotic, or anxiolytic agents.

GUIDELINE CATEGORY
  • Evaluation
  • Management
  • Screening
  • Treatment
CLINICAL SPECIALTY
  • Pediatrics
  • Psychiatry
  • Psychology
INTENDED USERS
  • Physicians
  • Social Workers
  • Substance Use Disorders Treatment Providers
GUIDELINE OBJECTIVE(S) To describe the assessment and treatment of children and adolescents with substance use disorders (SUDs)
Keywords:
Substance use disorders , Psychiatry, Pediatrics, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry,

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