Psychology in School-based Prevention, Early Intervention, Treatment and Abstinence Maintenance: Some Reponses to Marijuana Use in the Schools.

Sharp, Robbie N.; McLaughlin, Robert J.; McClanahan, Kimberly K.

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ERIC Number: EJ624520

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1999

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Psychology in School-based Prevention, Early Intervention, Treatment and Abstinence Maintenance: Some Reponses to Marijuana Use in the Schools.

Sharp, Robbie N.; McLaughlin, Robert J.; McClanahan, Kimberly K.

School Psychology International, v20 n1 p87-103 Feb 1999

Outlines factors to consider when planning prevention, treatment, or abstinence maintenance intervention for drug abuse, particularly marijuana abuse in schools. Discusses literature on effectiveness of anti-drug campaigns on drug use; reviews spectrum of mental health interventions; and provides examples of programming. Examines role that psychologists can have in schools in the prevention and early intervention of drug abuse. (Author/JDM)

Descriptors: Adolescents, Drug Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Illegal Drug Use, Marijuana, Mental Health, Prevention, School Psychologists, Violence

Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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Note: Special Issue: "Preventing Marijuana Use among Youth." For related articles, see CG 556 845-852.

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