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Status:Available Adolescents, Alcohol & Substance Abuse: Reaching Teens Through Brief Interventions

by P Monti, S Colby, T O'Leary, eds.

Published: 2001

Reviews a range of approaches focusing on motivationally-based brief interventions that draw on the latest addiction research. Emphasizes the benefits of working w/ kids on their "home turf" & reaching out to all kids involved in health-risking behavior... Details >>

Status:Available Welcome to Methadonia: A Social Worker's Candid Account of Life in a Methadone Clinic

by Rachel Greene Baldino

Published: 2000

Baldino honestly & openly describes her year as a counselor in a methadone clinic, the people she encountered, and her feelings about the work. Sometimes graphic in nature, the book concludes w/ the author's recommendations for changes to the treatment sy.. Details >>

Status:Available Overcoming Crystal Meth Addiction

by Steven J. Lee, MD

Published: 2006

A comprehensive guide to everything meth users & their families need to address as they confront this addiction: Meth's effects; how to stop using & stay clean; dealing w/ depression, ADD or other mental health issues; meth and sex; meth and HIV/AIDS; and.. Details >>

Status:Available A Provider's Introduction to Substance Abuse Treatment for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender..

Published: 2001

Full Title: "A Provider's Introduction to Substance Abuse Treatment for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Individuals" Covers homophobia, cultural, legal & health issues, interpersonal violence, counselor competence, gender identity, administrative.. Details >>

Status:Available A Collection of NIDA Notes: Articles That Address Drugs And AIDS

Published: 2002

Reprints of NIDA Notes articles relating to substance abuse and HIV/AIDS, including Hepatitis C, gender, cost to society, tuberculosis, methamphetamine, paraphernalia, and other topics... Details >>

Status:Available About AIDS

Published: 1987

Helps dispel myths about HIV/AIDS and gives an overview of issues such as transmission, testing, and prevention of exposure. NOTE: Viewer discretion is advised, since the film contains some frank discussion of sexual practices... Details >>

Status:Available Lo que hizo Ramon

Published: 1989

**What Ramon Did** Ramon, a former I.V. user, returns from jail and his friends and family are afraid he may have AIDS. Includes hard-hitting testimony from C. Everett Koop... Details >>

Status:Available In Control

 

Shows teens how they can avoid trouble in many situations, especially those that put them at risk for unwanted pregnancy, AIDS, and other sexually transmitted diseases... Details >>

Status:Available Not Worth the Risk

 

Shows pre-teens and young teens how to be responsible, particularly when their friends ask them to do something that puts them at risk for contracting HIV... Details >>

Status:Available The Teen Files Flipped: Drug Use & Addiction-DVD

Published: 2001

*DVD* MTV "flips" 4 teens who use marijuana and other drugs regularly and don't want to stop. When set up, each teen must confront his/her drug use in a different way. The teens react strongly to the dramatized situations, vowing they want to avoid real-.. Details >>

Status:Available The Teen Files Flipped: Drug Use & Addiction

by MTV

Published: 2002

Two teens who use drugs are "flipped" by MTV for the day. Put into scenarios they don't know are pre-arranged, both confront the frightening side of drug use & the damage it inflicts on people's lives. Both swear off drugs and reconcile with their familie.. Details >>

Status:Available Beat the Street: Clean & Sober in the City: Recovering Relationships

Published: 1996

Part 1 of 5 Credible urban role models discuss ways to recognize & avoid relapse traps. Addressed are ways to cope w/ an unsupportive family, avoiding rescuing others, sober sex, dealing w/ guilt and the stress of parenting in recovery. Both men's & wom.. Details >>

Status:Available Beat the Street: Clean & Sober in the City: Catchin' Feelings

Published: 1996

Part 4 Credible urban role models teach new ways of dealing with feelings without picking up. Emphasis on "emotional danger zones" including anger, shame, guilt, self-pity, illness like HIV/AIDS, and feelings engendered by racism. Narrated by recovering.. Details >>

Status:Available Sex, Drugs and HIV

Published: 2004

A treatment provider speaks to an at-risk audience with the message that your risk for HIV depends on what you do- you are in control. Giving up drugs is the best defense, along with frequent testing, being honest with your doctor, refusing to share needl.. Details >>

Status:Available The Teen Files: The Truth About Sex

Published: 1999

Forces teenagers to face the hard-hitting realities of having sex too young, including unwanted pregnancies and STDs. Viewers are introduced to several sexually active teenagers, many of whom are having unprotected sex. They learn from their peers how ris.. Details >>

Status:Available Alcohol and Drug Use Disorders, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, and Other Infectious Diseases

Published: 2004

Highlights progress in efforts to improve treatment for persons with co-existing alcohol and drug use disorders and infectious diseases and gives critical insights into proven approaches for providing appropriate services across collaborative systems of c.. Details >>

Status:Available Sex, Teens, AIDS: Take 'Em Serious

Published: 2005

African-American teens grapple w/ safe sex, abstinence, HIV & STDs, pregnancy, and other common issues. Both good & poor decisions are depicted realistically, and conflict resolution is modeled... Details >>

Status:Available Talk About Testing (DVD)

Published: 1999

*DVD* This award-winning film combines entertaining animation, compelling documentaries and lively segments w/ sex educators to demonstrate to both couples & singles the importance of regular HIV testing and safe sex practices. Approaches sensitive subjec.. Details >>