This monograph follows up on conference panels that focused on family issues in adolescent treatment of drug and alcohol related deaths, injuries, and suicides. The authors clarify issues and treatment models and explain the steps necessary to implement a family-centered approach to adolescent treatment. Issues examined include: the troubled adolescent in context; family systems theory and practice; the family-centered clinical approach; and transformation of the larger system. A check list for guiding the change is included. AVAILABLE FROM: Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, Rockwall II, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857, (301) 443-7373. (DHHS # 94-3008).
