K Winters

..Findings suggest that important to the origins of young adult gambling problems are risk factors associated with the problem behavior syndrome of adolescence...

..Based on a systematic review process, we identified 10 elements that were characteristic of most (at least 75%) of the programs. These 10 elements are described and discussed in light of public policy issues...

..Problem-solving skills and use of additional counseling services mediated outcome. The value of a school-based brief intervention for students is discussed...

..The Personal Experience Inventory for Adults consists of problem severity and psychosocial risk scales, validity indicators, and problem screens. Basic reliability and validity data will be summarized...

..Because middle- and high-school-based drug abuse intervention programs have grown in popularity over the past several decades, the use of brief interventions (BIs) in school settings merits consideration...

..The 6-month abstinence rates did not differ across groups. The potential value of a school-based BI for students with a substance abuse disorder is discussed...

..Within the Treatment group, completing treatment and involvement in aftercare were positively associated with improved outcomes. The treatment implications of the study are discussed...

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..Externalizers consistently showed poorer outcomes, including poorer treatment retention and greater drug use and drug disorder symptoms at each follow-up point. The treatment implications of the study are discussed...

..Youth that received treatment, as opposed to the waiting list youth, generally revealed a more favorable outcome across time. Treatment implications of the study findings are discussed...

..To assess the use of alcohol screening tools across US colleges...

..Current adolescent treatment efforts are summarized, and the recent literature regarding the efficacy of adolescent treatment and recovery rates is discussed...

..Findings are discussed in light of extant research on adolescent gambling that heretofore has not benefited from a developmental pathway perspective...

..The aim of this paper is to provide an overview of several issues related to the clinical utility of such assessment tools...

..The results provide general psychometric support for the non-White groups. The use and limitations of the PEI in different ethnic/racial groups are discussed...

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..The GAMTOMS was found to yield satisfactory estimates of internal consistency, and 1-week test-retest reliability and was also found to demonstrate satisfactory content, convergent, discriminant, predictive, and construct validity...

..Results indicate that individuals who report childhood ADHD symptoms which persist into young adulthood experience greater gambling problem severity than participants with no ADHD or those with non-persistent ADHD...

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..While the level of pretreatment alcohol use and a history of substance abuse treatment are markers for greater gambling problem severity, treatment outcome for pathological gambling was not adversely impacted by these variables...

..The utility of the hybrid study is illustrated in the evaluation of the Early Risers "Skills for Success" prevention program...

..Research priorities are identified...

..However, rates of dysthymia, double depression (i.e., major depression and dysthymia), and bipolar disorder were equivalent between genders...

..Comprehensive diachronic evaluation over critical developmental periods provides the technical foundation for etiology and intervention research...

..Findings highlight the influence of other drug use on posttreatment patterns of alcohol involvement and the need to consider the effect of normative developmental transitions on the course of adolescent-onset substance use disorders...

..These findings suggest that automated T-ASI administration is a valid and potentially less expensive alternative to clinician-administered T-ASI interviews...

..Discussion focuses on the validity of the DSM-IV criteria as assessed by the DIGS and the role of cognitive biases in pathological gambling...

..Finally, we discuss both the challenges and successes in the treatment and prevention of adolescent drinking problems...

..The present study findings suggest that IFCBT is a promising approach for the treatment of adolescents with psychoactive substance use disorders...

..Results suggest limitations of the DSM-IV and change-based operational definition of tolerance in adolescents...

..The chapter also provides an overview of brief alcohol screening instruments and other measures used in more comprehensive assessment of AUDs in adolescents...

..If successful, this efficient, relatively inexpensive intervention has enormous potential for reducing risks for escalating drug abuse and delinquency among under-served, at-risk delinquents. ..

..Home visit follow-ups will be conducted at 6 and 12 months. Statistical procedures will involve various univariate and multivariate procedures...

..Several mediators and moderators of intervention effects will be examined. ..

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..Several mediators and moderators of intervention effects will be examined. ..

..Also, the addition of genetic variables further strengthens our search for underlying factors that contribute to variability in developmental pathways. ..

..Also, the addition of genetic variables further strengthens our search for underlying factors that contribute to variability in developmental pathways. ..

..Aim 5: To describe the antecedents of drug use lapse and relapse in the young adult target sample at year 4. ..

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..Also, the addition of genetic variables further strengthens our search for underlying factors that contribute to variability in developmental pathways. ..