Adolescents are undertreated for addiction
Tuesday, March 3, 2009 - 10:10
in Psychology & Sociology
Only about 10 percent of adolescents needing help for substance abuse problems actually enter treatment, partly because of the lack of adolescent-only services in the nation's treatment system, according to a new study released today by a University of Kentucky researcher. The study also found that very few of the available addiction programs for teens received high marks for quality...