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Substance Abuse

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Nurse.com News

Pediatric clinicians should provide substance abuse education and screening to adolescents during routine clinical care, according to a policy statement from the American Academy of Pediatrics.

Specifically, the AAP recommends incorporating the universal Screening for Substance Use, Brief Intervention and/or Referral to Treatment guidelines, designed by the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.

Pediatricians should become knowledgeable about adolescent alcohol, cigarette and other drug use trends in their communities and screen all adolescents for alcohol and drug use during all health supervision and appropriate acute care visits using developmentally appropriate screening tools and intervention strategies, according to the AAP.

In the statement, the AAP noted that all adolescents can benefit from a physician's advice regarding alcohol and drugs, and adolescents who are addicted to substances should also be referred to an appropriate treatment facility. The statement also mentioned the need to keep in mind that psychiatric disorders can co-occur in adolescents who use psychoactive substances.

Clinicians "should advocate that healthcare institutions and payment organizations provide mental health and substance abuse services for all ages and developmental stages, with the same quality and level of care as other primary and healthcare services," according to the statement.

The statement appears in the November issue of Pediatrics and ran online Oct. 31. To download a PDF of the statement, visit http://bit.ly/uKE3IU.

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