Adolescent Addiction: Epidemiology, Assessment, and Treatment

Adolescent Addiction, Second Edition, offers researchers and clinicians a single-volume resource on the nature, extent and treatment of addictive problems in adolescents. The book is divided into three main parts. Part one addresses the foundations of addictive problems, including developmental, social, and neurobiologicl factors. Part two addresses common addictions among adolescents. New chapters include e-cigarette, smartphone, social networking, and exercise addiction. Part three discusses challenges and recommendations for future research in adolescent addiction. All chapters in part two follow a similar format to introduction and clinical characteristics, screening and clinical assessment methods, epidemiology, cormorbidity, course and outcome, protective and risk factors, evidence-based clinical strategies for prevention and treatment, and a concise summary of key clinical points.

Introduces the foundations to understanding addiction.Examines the epidemiology, comorbidity, course, and outcome of addictions.Provides screening and clinical assessment methods.Summarizes evidence-based clinical strategies for treatment.Covers both substance addiction and behavioral addictions.New chapters on e-cigarette, smartphone, internet, and exercise addiction.

PART I General issues

1. Foundations of addictive problems in adolescents: Developmental and social factors

Michèle Preyde, Jessica Furtado, Sarah Head, and Dennis Long

2. Foundations of addictive problems in adolescents: Neurobiological factors

Genevieve F. Dash, Kristine Rømer Thomsen, Sarah W. Feldstein Ewing, and Jennifer A. Silvers

PART II Specific addictive problems

3. Alcohol in adolescence

Delyse Hutchinson, Samantha Teague, Katrina Champion, Cecilia A. Essau, and Nicola C. Newton

4. Adolescent cannabis use disorders

Janni Leung, Wayne Hall, and Louisa Degenhardt

5. Nicotine and e-cigarettes addiction

Abdul Rahman Ahmad Badayai, Suzaily Wahab, Nadzirah Ahmad Basri, and Cecilia A. Essau

6. Adolescent gambling

Paul Delfabbro and Daniel L. King

7. Video game addiction

Daniel King and Paul H. Delfabbro

8. Smartphone addiction

Chuong Hock Ting and Yoke Yong Chen

9. Sexual addiction

Steve Sussman and Jennifer Y. Tsai

10. Exercise addiction

Mia Beck Lichtenstein and Cecilie Juul Hinze

PART III Implications for the future

11. Comorbidity of addictive problems: Assessment and treatment implications

Cecilia A. Essau

12. Political and policy issues in adolescent addictions

Paul H. Delfabbro, Paul McArdle, and Daniel L. King