Objective: To compare the ability of 3 brief alcohol screens (Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test [AUDIT], CRAFFT, and CAGE) to identify adolescents and young adults with a current alcohol use ...
The CRAFFT score is an easy five-point tool to screen for adolescent sustance abuse. Two or more positive answers suggest a significant problem.
Addiction is a pediatric disease," says Dr. John Knight, founder and director of the Center for Adolescent Substance Abuse Research at Boston Children's Hospital. "When adults entering addiction ...
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has updated its periodicity schedule for screenings and health assessments from infancy through adolescence. [1] The updated schedule reflects appropriate ...
Adolescents who have problems with substance use often aren't identified during routine pediatric visits, according to a study to be released in the November issue of Pediatrics, the peer-reviewed, ...
When Marietta High School principal Leigh Colburn stepped down in 2015, she became director of the Graduate Marietta Student Success Center, which partners with social service and other community ...