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 primary objective of our analysis was to determine which of 3 brief alcohol screens was most likely to predict the presence of an AUD in a sample of adolescents and young adults seen in an urban ...

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 ...

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 ...

Of the 401 participants for whom we had data, 358 (89%) with complete data reported some alcohol use in the past year and were included in the analyses. In the group of 358, the mean age was 20.6 ...