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Substance abuse minimization: Conceptualizing prevention in adolescent and youth programs

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This article provides an overview of the historical and theoretical work on adolescent substance abuse with implications for preventive interventions. The focus is on an illustration of the use of four basic prevention tools: education, competency promotion, community mobilization, and natural care giving.

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  1. United Social and Mental Health Services, Danielson, Connecticut-Glastonbury

    Thomas Gullotta (Director of Consultation and Education)

  2. Department of Family and Human Development, Utah State University, Logan

    Gerald R. Adams (Professor)

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Research interests include mental health, family relations, adolescence, and primary prevention.

Research interests include family and social relations, adolescent personality social development.

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Gullotta, T., Adams, G.R. Substance abuse minimization: Conceptualizing prevention in adolescent and youth programs. J Youth Adolescence 11, 409–424 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01540378

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