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A substance misuse clinic for adolescents

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Richard Blennerhassett ,
Eilish Gilvarry  and
Peter Tayler
Richard Blennerhassett
Affiliation:
Regional Drug and Alcohol Unit, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 6UR
Eilish Gilvarry
Affiliation:
Regional Drug and Alcohol Unit, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 6UR
Peter Tayler
Affiliation:
Young Peoples' Unit, Newcastle upon Tyne NE4 6BE
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Abstract

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We describe the operation of a substance misuse clinic for adolescents as a Joint venture between a voluntary organisation ‘Streetwise’ and the Adult Substance Misuse Services and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Services in Newcastle upon Tyne. A number of issues are discussed relevant to improving clinical services for adolescent substance misusers.

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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 18 , Issue 7 , July 1994 , pp. 401 - 402
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This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1994

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