Teen addiction is a perennial problem; even when statistics show drops in addiction rates, someone is always using to excess, and parents fret over what to do. Clearing the Haze will show them the warning signs, prevention methods, and treatment options. It walks them through difficult stages like confronting their child, talking about drugs, and initiating treatment even with reluctant participants. A necessary resource for every community, this book will help parents, teachers, friends, and others help kids who need help. Contents: Foreword: Patrick Kennedy 1: Why adolescent substance use is a big deal 2: How to know if there is a problem and what to do about it/Communication monitoring 3: How to react when you learn your child is using drugs 4: When to seek treatment and what to look for in it 5: Specific family objectives during treatment 6: Addiction is a chronic condition that requires chronic maintenance 7: How to help your kids get clean and stay clean: the theory 8: Practical ways to help your kids get clean and stay clean 9: Taking care of you 10: Advocating for adolescent substance prevention 11: Additional resources 12: Summary About the authors Bibliography About the Authors: Christian Thurstone is one of fewer than three dozen physicians in the United States who are board certified in general, child and adolescent and addictions psychiatry. He is medical director of one of Colorado’s largest youth substance-abuse-treatment clinics and an associate professor of psychiatry at the University of Colorado Denver, where he conducts research on youth substance use and addiction. In 2010, he completed five years of mentored research training through the National Institute on Drug Abuse/American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry K12 Research Program in Substance Abuse. Dr. Thurstone also currently serves as president of the Colorado Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Society and as a team physician serving the National Football League. In June 2012, the United States Congress awarded him another title: U.S. Army Major. He is honored to treat American service members who need mental healthcare as an Army Reserves officer in the Combat Stress Unit of the 807th Medical Command. Teens in Colorado and throughout metro Chicago call him Dr. T, the name under which he writes a weekly advice column for The Tribune Co.-owned student newspaper, The Mash. Visit his site at http://drthurstone.com/. Christine Tatum is a veteran journalist whose market research firm, Media Salad, Inc., helps companies and nonprofit organizations win business and stay ahead of their competitors. Her professional stops include the Chicago Tribune, The Denver Post, the (Arlington Heights, Ill.) Daily Herald and the (Greensboro, N.C.) News & Record. Her work also has appeared in The Wall Street Journal, New York Times and Glamour magazine. She was elected to serve as 2006-07 national president of the Society of Professional Journalists, one of the United States’ largest and oldest journalism advocacy organizations, and has been honored to teach concepts in responsible journalism around the world at the invitation of the U.S. State Department. Ms. Tatum’s work has been honored by the Society of American Business Editors and Writers, the Society of Professional Journalists, the Colorado chapter of the National Association of Black Journalists and the National American Arab Journalists Association. Ms. Tatum frequently collaborates with her husband to produce communications designed to educate and inform the public about substance abuse and addiction. |