About the Author:
Peter M. Monti, PhD, is Professor of Medical Science and Director of the Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies and the Clinical Psychology Training Consortium at Brown University. His research is supported by a Senior Research Scientist Award from the Department of Veterans Affairs and he holds research grants from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), and the Department of Veterans Affairs. Widely published, Dr. Monti is coauthor of Treating Alcohol Dependence: A Coping Skills Training Guide.
Suzanne M. Colby, PhD, is Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at Brown University. Currently, she is Principal Investigator on a National Cancer Institute research grant designed to study teen smoking and quitting, and Co-Principal Investigator on two major research grants from NIAAA and NIDA that study motivational interventions with adolescents. Dr. Colby's recent publications have focused on nicotine dependence among youth, adolescent substance use prevalence and diagnosis, and innovative brief interventions.
Tracy A. O'Leary, PhD, is Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at Brown University. She is currently studying college student drinking and is Project Director on a research grant from NIDA to test the efficacy of a brief, individual motivational interview for reducing rates and prevalence of adolescent smoking. Dr. O'Leary's recent publications have focused on anxiety and cocaine abuse, and predictors of motivation to change drinking in adolescents.
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Contents
Introduction, Peter M. Monti, Suzanne M. Colby, and Tracy A. O'Leary
I. Background and Context: Theory, Developmental, and Measurement Considerations
1. Developmental Matters: Taking the Long View on Substance Abuse Etiology and Intervention during Adolescence, John Schulenberg, Jennifer L. Maggs, Kenneth J. Steinman, and Robert A. Zucker
2. The Harm Reduction Approach to the Secondary Prevention of Alcohol Problems in Adolescents and Young Adults: Considerations across a Developmental Spectrum, Elizabeth T. Miller, Aaron P. Turner, and G. Alan Marlatt
3. Assessing Adolescent Substance Use Problems and Other Areas of Functioning: State of the Art, Ken C. Winters
4. Personality and Learning Factors Combine to Create Risk for Adolescent Problem Drinking: A Model and Suggestions for Intervention, Gregory T. Smith and Kristen G. Anderson
II. Empirical Illustrations Linked to Part I/Clinical Applications and Brief Interventions
5. Motivational Enhancement for Alcohol-Involved Adolescents, Peter M. Monti, Nancy P. Barnett, Tracy A. O'Leary, and Suzanne M. Colby
6. Alcohol Skills Training for College Students, Elizabeth T. Miller, Jason R. Kilmer, Eleanor L. Kim, Kenneth R. Weingardt, and G. Alan Marlatt
7. Integrative Behavioral and Family Therapy for Adolescent Substance Abuse, Holly Barrett Waldron, Janet L. Brody, and Natasha Slesnick
8. Motivational Interviewing and the Prevention of HIV among Adolescents, Larry K. Brown and Kevin J. Lourie
9. Toward Brief Interventions for Adolescents with Substance Abuse and Comorbid Psychiatric Problems, Mark G. Myers, Sandra A. Brown, Susan Tate, Ana Abrantes, and Kristin Tomlinson
10. New Frontiers: Using the Internet to Engage Teens in Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment, Harvey Skinner, Oonagh Maley, Louise Smith, Shawn Chirrey, and Meg Morrison
III. Future Directions
11. Transdisciplinary Research to Improve Brief Interventions for Addictive Behaviors, David B. Abrams and Richard Clayton
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