Presents Center for Disease Control (CDC) guidelines that summarize school-based strategies most likely to be effective in preventing tobacco use among youth. The guidelines recommend that all schools develop and enforce a policy, provide instruction on tobacco use consequences, provide prevention education, train teachers, involve families,…

Reports on the results of a training curriculum presented to 150 school personnel from 9 states. On the basis of participants' ratings, five areas were identified as key training areas for future school-community-university substance abuse prevention initiatives. Federal and state funds may assist higher education institutes in developing…

Heavy-drinking college students tend to overestimate the prevalence of heavy drinking among their peers. Twenty-six heavy-drinking students participated in a survey study of drinking. They were randomized to receive or not receive, by return mail, personal feedback of their drinking compared to population norms. Feedback subjects showed greater…

The results of this study support and expand upon previous research indicating that adolescent drug and alcohol use is greatly affected by family factors: adolescents who abstain from drug and alcohol use and abuse come from families who are qualitatively different from the families of adolescents who use and abuse substances. (Author/LKS)

Presents a conceptual model of violence for social work that addresses the diverse manifestations of violence, its multilevel nature, and its structural foundation. Examples related to poverty and drug abuse demonstrate the model's usefulness for social work education and practice. (JPS)

This longitudinal 1-year study examined the continuity of temperamental difficulty in a school-based sample of 975 middle adolescents. Data suggest that continuity and level of temperamental difficulty are linearly related to ratings of psychosocial functioning in several domains. Gender differences are also discussed. (SLD)

Recovery from any addiction requires a lifestyle change. Leisure counseling can help recovering persons substitute rewarding leisure activities for addictive behaviors. (SK)

Natural Helpers program encourages prosocial peer support for coping with problems as early intervention and prevention strategy for reducing adolescent substance abuse. Examined relationship between wanting help with self-esteem and other adolescent problems, including substance abuse, as measured through Natural Helpers needs assessment process.…

Presents bibliography of relevant articles published in 1992-93 to assist readers in remaining informed of current clinical and research activities on child and adolescent substance abuse. A total of 93 references are included, organized in 4 categories: Discussion and Review Papers; Assessment; Epidemiology; and Intervention and Prevention. (NB)

Surveyed 1,147 Louisiana State University students to assess current alcohol and drug use behavior and related attitudes. Results revealed that 37% of respondents reported drinking once or twice a week; 4% drank daily. Beer was the beverage of choice and marijuana was the drug of choice, followed by cocaine. Only 11% reported smoking cigarettes on…

Examined concerns and help-seeking likelihood of Asian American college students (n=596). Results indicated that previous counseling experience was related to higher ratings for substance abuse concerns and willingness to seek help from university counseling center to address academic, interpersonal, and substance abuse concerns. Asian American…

Bridges gap between systems theory, clinical research and clinical practice to address patterns that prevent families with substance-abusing youth from entering treatment. Reviews developments in family systems thinking that provide foundation for working with hard-to-reach families, discusses specific family interactional patterns that present…

Outlines counseling program that includes Adolescent Substance Battery, 90-minute administration of Confidentiality of Records Agreement, Confidential Intake Questionnaire, Client Substance Index, Psychological Screening Inventory, and Student Assistance Evaluation. Describes diagnostic categories and student assistance-case management program.…

Examined relationship of shyness and sociability to illicit substance use in 654 male high school students. Found that, in general, shy males were significantly more likely to use illicit substances than were not-shy peers. Shy, highly sociable males were significantly more likely to use hallucinogenic substances than were shy, less sociable males…

Examined impact of diagnosis of affective disorder, anxiety disorder, and substance abuse before and after age 20 on multiple measures of education, socioeconomic and employment status, childbearing, marital status, and instability in 3,000 respondents from Piedmont Health Survey. Found all categories associated with social outcomes regardless of…