Special Issue of Child Maltreatment on "Maltreatment Issues and Outcomes of Adolescents Enrolled in Substance Abuse Treatment"

DESCRIPTION OF SPECIAL ISSUE

Although they are mandated reporters and work regularly with youth who have experienced abuse and trauma, many substance abuse treatment programs do not systematically screen for or address child maltreatment issues. This special issue provides a collection of articles that consistently demonstrate the feasibility of systematically screening for victimization among adolescents entering these programs and documents that multiple co-occurring types of victimization are actually the norm. Other articles in the section examine how levels of abuse and traumatic victimization are associated with aspects of adolescent substance use disorders, traumatic distress symptoms, co-occurring somatic and health problems, HIV risk behaviors, and a victim-to-abuser spiral. Finally, the articles address how this might affect treatment matching across levels of care. This introduction provides an overview of the articles and then highlights some of the key implications of this collective body of work for practice, policy, and future research.

SPECIFIC ARTICLES:

Michael Dennis and Sally J. Stevens (2003).  Editor's Introduction.  Maltreatment Issues and Outcomes of Adolescents Enrolled in Substance Abuse Treatment. Child Maltreatment, 8, 3-6.

Grella, C. E.,&Joshi, V. (2003). Treatment processes and outcomes among adolescents with a history of abuse who are in drug treatment. Child Maltreatment, 8, 7-18.

Titus, J. C., Dennis, M. L., White, W. L., Scott, C. K., & Funk, R. R.
(2003). Gender differences in victimization severity and outcomes among adolescents treated for substance abuse. Child Maltreatment, 8, 19-35.

Funk, R. R., McDermeit, M., Godley, S. H.,&Adams, L. (2003). Maltreatment issues by level of adolescent substance abuse treatment: The extent of the problem at intake and relationship to early outcomes. Child Maltreatment, 8, 36-45.

Stevens, S. J., Murphy, B. S., & McKnight, K. (2003). Traumatic stress and gender differences in relationship to substance abuse, mental health, physical health, and HIV risk behavior in a sample of adolescents enrolled in drug treatment. Child Maltreatment, 8, 46-57.

Hawke, J. M., Jainchill, N.,&De Leon, G. (2003). Posttreatment victimization and violence among adolescents following residential drug treatment. Child Maltreatment, 8, 58-71.

To request copies of individual articles, e-mail authors, or to request copies of all of the articles (in a self-extracting zip file) e-mail "SASATE at Chestnut" <SASATE@chestnut.org> directly.

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