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Introduction and overview -- Explaining substance use among children and adolescents -- Prenatal exposure to substances of abuse -- Exposure to and use of substances of abuse during infancy and childhood -- Adolescent substance use -- Dual diagnosis among adolescents -- Effects of substance use on learning and memory among children and adolescents -- Substance-related accidents and violence : children and adolescents as victims -- Substance-related crime : children and adolescents as perpetrators -- Preventing and treating substance use among children and adolescents --Appendix I. Abbreviations used in text -- Appendix II. Generic, trade, and common names of substances of abuse -- Appendix III. Directory of major North American child and adolescent substance use treatment centers, referral agencies, and information sources. |
