A Cost-Effective, Evidence-Based Approach to Adolescent Recovery
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Research reveals that the great majority of adolescents in addiction treatment do not believe they have a substance use disorder and are usually not in treatment under their own volition (Sanders, 2011). This leads to automatic resistance to counseling. Nearly 60 percent of adolescents miss their second outpatient session and over 50 percent drop out of residential treatment prematurely or are administratively discharged (Sanders, 2011). This article will introduce an approach to adolescent…
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Mark Sanders, LCSW, CADC, is an international speaker in the behavioral health field whose presentations have reached thousands throughout the United States, Europe, Canada, and the Caribbean Islands. He is coauthor of Recovery Management and author of Relationship Detox: How to Have Healthy Relationships in Recovery. He has had two stories published in the New York Times best-selling book series, Chicken Soup for the Soul. His most recent book is entitled, Slipping through the Cracks: Intervention Strategies for Clients with Multiple Addictions and Disorders. He is a lecturer at the University of Chicago and conducts private practice.
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