Addressing Substance Use in Adolescents: Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment

Dianna Inman, Peggy El-Mallakh, Lynne Jensen, Julie Ossege, Leslie Scott

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Abstract

Adolescent substance use is a national public health crisis. The most commonly used substances among adolescents are nicotine, alcohol, and marijuana. Use of these substances during adolescence has serious adverse effects on brain development, with impairments that can endure into adulthood. Advanced practice nurses in primary care can address substance use in the adolescent population with the use of evidence-based interventions, such as Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT). This article describes trends in adolescent substance use and use of the SBIRT intervention for low, medium, and high-risk use in this population.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)69-73
Number of pages5
JournalJournal for Nurse Practitioners
Volume16
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 2020

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This work was supported by a grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration (1HT79T1025936-01).

Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 Elsevier Inc.

Keywords

  • SBIRT
  • adolescent substance use
  • brief intervention
  • referral to treatment
  • screening

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Advanced and Specialized Nursing

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