@article{ref1,
title="Pharmacotherapy for substance use disorders in youths",
journal="Journal of child and adolescent substance abuse",
year="2016",
author="Hammond, Christopher J. and Gray, Kevin M.",
volume="25",
number="4",
pages="292-316",
abstract="Despite recent advances in psychosocial treatments targeting adolescent substance use disorders (SUD), effect sizes generally remain small to modest, and few treatment-enrolled youths achieve sustained abstinence. Among adults, SUD-targeted pharmacotherapies have emerged as viable options to complement psychosocial treatments and enhance outcomes. Developmental differences exist in pharmacodynamics and treatment response, and comparatively little research has focused on SUD-targeted pharmacotherapies for youths. This article provides a review and synthesis of relevant published clinical trials focusing on youth SUDs and co-occurring/comorbid psychiatric and substance use disorders. It offers recommendations for clinical practice and further research based on the limited findings to date.<p />",
language="en",
issn="1067-828X",
doi="10.1080/1067828X.2015.1037517",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1067828X.2015.1037517"
}