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Special Populations and Topics in Adolescent Substance Use

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Youth who use substances face increased risks and require additional treatment considerations. This chapter examines special issues affecting youth who use substances including injection drug use, pregnancy, homelessness, incarceration, and sexual identity. Youth who inject drugs require a multidisciplinary and patient-centered approach which may include pharmacologic or behavioral health treatment, harm reduction, and overdose education/prevention. Pregnant adolescents who use substances face acute and chronic effects for mother and baby that need to be addressed during pregnancy and the postpartum period. Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning (LGBTQ) youth face high rates of substance use and may have difficulty accessing adequate care. Incarcerated and homeless youth also face unique barriers to accessing care. General considerations that can be tailored to each individual’s needs will be highlighted by examining the prevalence of use, adverse consequences, and clinical recommendations for providers through these special populations.

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  1. Graduate School of Nursing, University of Massachusetts Medical School, University of Massachusetts Worcester, Worcester, MA, USA

    Brittany L. Carney

  2. Section of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine/Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA

    Sarah M. Bagley

  3. Division of General Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, Boston University School of Medicine/Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA

    Sarah M. Bagley

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Carney, B.L., Bagley, S.M. (2019). Special Populations and Topics in Adolescent Substance Use. In: Welsh, J., Hadland, S. (eds) Treating Adolescent Substance Use. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-01893-1_11

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