Adolescence and Substance Abuse
• What
population do you want to help? Children and Adolescents
• What
is the clinical area of concern (substance abuse) that you would like to
help this population with? Please
make sure that the clinical area of concern is something that can be measured
by formal or other appraisal instruments or some other observable and
measurable method. Make sure to integrate, cite, and reference at least one
peer-reviewed journal article to support your clinical area of concern.
• What
programs exist that address this clinical area of concern? Provide examples of
interventions used to help with this clinical area of concern such as cognitive
behavioral therapy, person centered therapy, family therapy, et cetera. Make
sure to integrate, cite, and reference at least one peer-reviewed journal
article to support this section of your post.
• Given
the programs that exist and have been evaluated in addressing the clinical area
of concern, what aspects of the clinical area of concern are not being
addressed(Substance Abuse in the public school system)? In other words, how are
the existing programs not really making a difference? What area still needs to
be addressed? Look for the gap where the treatment or intervention has not been
applied for your chosen population. Need journal article to support.
• How
do you propose to help address this unmet aspect(s) of the clinical area of
concern? Provide an explanation of the treatment intervention/clinical program
that you are proposing to use, or the variation or difference in the
intervention/clinical program that you are proposing that will help. Be sure to
integrate, cite, and reference at least one peer-reviewed journal article that
supports your proposal. One example may be how your identified clinical
intervention worked with a different, but similar, clinical area of concern.
Peer reviewed Journals or articles
only.
