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Ackerman, PhD 8 36 Editor Special Interview with the Authors of Anxious CAADAC Kids, Anxious Parents The Little Permissions 10 Counselor editor Dr. Robert Lead to Big Permissions: Ackerman speaks with Professional Ethics authors Reid Wilson, PhD, for Substance Use and Lynn Lyons, LICSW, about anxiety and their book Disorders Counselors Anxious Kids, Anxious Parents. By Pete Nielsen, LAADC, CADC II By Robert J. Ackerman, PhD, and Leah Honarbakhsh IC&RC 2013: The Year in 14 Substance Abuse and Prevention Advocacy By Andrew D. Kessler, JD 44 Out of the Office and Cultural Trends 16 Into the Woods: Lessons “This (Crack Cocaine) from the Field of I Can Quit Anytime” Wilderness Therapy By Maxim W. Furek, MA, CADC, ICADC Explains the benefits of wilderness therapy, provides an overview of how the program works, and discusses the usefulness of nature Opinion in treating adolescents Moms are Key: The 20 and young adults. 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White, MA Adolescent Substance 32 Abuse, Violence, and Poverty By Fred J. Dyer, MA, CADC From the Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment 70 Ask the 34 LifeQuake Doctor Outpatient Treatment By Toni Galardi, PhD Options for Adolescent Substance Abuse: A Systematic Treatment Center Research Review Directory 85 and Meta-Analysis Special Focus on Adolescent Presents a review of current research literature and and Young Adult Programs discusses implications for treating adolescent substance abuse. By Emily E. Tanner-Smith, Inside Books PhD, Sandra J. Wilson, PhD, Special Excerpt from 102 & Mark W. Lipsey, PhD and Praise for Bullying Under Attack 76 Cannabis Concerns, Part 1 ALSO IN THIS ISSUE Cannabis Dependence and Adolescent Addiction Treatment Ad Index Discusses the growing 98 problem of cannabis use among adolescents, presents Referral Directory treatment examples, and 99 provides a case study from Muir Wood treatment center. CE Quiz By David E. Smith, MD, 100 Michael Wachter, MD, Jennifer Golick, LMFT, and Scott Sowle 6 Counselor · April 2014 www.counselormagazine.com 7 LETTER FROM THE EDITOR Were We Ever That Young? Welcome to this special issue of • Attention deficit disorders Counselor on adolescents and young • Bullying adults. It hasn’t been very long in • Stress western thought that the period of ado- lescence was a unique time in human • Drinking and drugging development. Prior to 150 or 200 years • Peer pressure ago, it was believed that children and This special edition focuses on many adolescents were adults in small bod- of these problems. William L. White ies. It was believed that their thought discusses the rise of recovery commu- processes, emotions, reasoning skills, nity organizations and introduces us to intellectual abilities, wants, and needs a young leader in the field. Brad Reedy were the same as adults. Obviously, we writes about the field of wilderness have changed our thinking. theory. In addition to those articles, Adolescence is a unique time in every- there is also the first adapted article one’s life. Some of us can look back from the Journal of Substance Abuse on our own adolescence as a time of Treatment and a special interview adventure or being carefree. Others that I conducted with Reid Wilson might remember high school years, and Lynn Lyons on their new book, dating and relationships, and sports, Anxious Kids, Anxious Parents. while still others might remember tur- This issue will also feature an article moil in their lives and in their families.