Drugs and Youth: The Challenge of Today

Drugs and Youth: The Challenge of Today mainly focuses on the issue of drug addiction in youth and on how to bring this issue to the knowledge of the concerned sectors.
This text first discusses the effects on the fetus and newborn of drug abuse in pregnancy. This book then explains the major drugs adolescents and young adults take, including solvents wherein a survey related to this is also presented in this publication. The effects of these drugs, such as physical and mental illnesses, are also tackled. This text also looks into the approaches in the treatment of adolescent drug addicts, including the withdrawal syndrome, group therapy, and psychotherapy. This book concludes by explaining the religious problematic and aftercare problems with the juvenile drug addict.
This publication will be invaluable to medical practitioners, sociologists, social workers, ministers, and students doing a research on drug addiction in youth.

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The Contributors
Introduction
Drug Abuse in Pregnancy: Its Effects on the Fetus and Newborn Infant
The Major Drugs of Use among Adolescents and Young Adults
A Survey of the Inhaling of Solvents among Teenagers
Glue Sniffing - A Communion
Physical and Mental Pathology Due to Drug Addiction
Psychopathology in the Juvenile Drug Addict
The Social Patterns of the Teenage Drug Abuser
Basic Aspects of the Drug Addicts Conflict with Law and Society
Sex-crazed Dope Fiends! âEUR Myth or Reality?
Vocational and Social Adjustment of the Treated Juvenile Addict
Some Approaches to the Treatment of Adolescent Drug Addicts and Abusers
Withdrawals and Methadone Treatment
Attitudes toward Methadone Maintenance
Group Therapy in the Treatment of the Juvenile Narcotic Addict: A Review of the Findings
Psychotherapy with the Juvenile Drug Addict
The Religious Problematic of the Juvenile Addict
Aftercare Problems with the Juvenile Drug Addict