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Substance Use in Adolescent Psychiatric Outpatients: Self-Report, Health Care Providers' Clinical Impressions, and Urine Screening
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Holzer, Laurent; Pihet, Sandrine; Passini, Christina Moses; Feijo, Isabelle; Camus, Didier; Eap, Chin – Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse, 2014
Purpose: To determine the prevalence of substance use among adolescent psychiatric outpatients using a variety of data sources. Method: Using a questionnaire, 3-month prevalence of substance use data were obtained from 50 adolescents and their health care providers. Adolescents' self-reports and providers' clinical impressions were compared with…
Descriptors: Substance Abuse, Psychiatric Services, Patients, Drug Use Testing
Monitoring and Evaluation of Substance Abuse Services in South Africa: Implications for Policy and Practice
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Myers, Bronwyn; Burnhams, Nadine Harker; Fakier, Nuraan – International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 2010
Although outcomes monitoring and the collection of other performance data holds benefits for service managers and policy makers, the extent to which these data are collected by South African substance abuse service providers is unknown. To describe (i) the extent to which substance abuse service providers in South Africa monitor and evaluate their…
Descriptors: Substance Abuse, Foreign Countries, Counseling, Public Policy