Medical treatment of the adolescent drug abuser. An opportunity for rehabilitative intervention

Schonberg, S.K.

Primary Care 3(1): 23-37

1976


ISSN/ISBN: 0095-4543
PMID: 1047834
Document Number: 98979
Illnesses related to both the pharmacologic properties of abused substances and their methods of administration often bring the teenager to medical attention and may provide sufficient motivation for the adolescent to seek help beyond the acute problem. Successful treatment of an overdose reaction, an abstinence syndrome, or any other medical complication of drug abuse may give the physician a unique opportunity to begine further evalution for future care.

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