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Start Talking Before They Start Drinking
Treating mental illnesses is an important step in keeping youth away from alcohol and illegal drugs. About half of teens and young adults who receive alcohol or drug treatment also have mental disorders.
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Sources for Practice What You Preach

1, 2 National Household Survey on Drug Abuse, June 3, 2003. Children Living with Substance-Abusing or Substance-Dependent Parents, last referenced 1/8/07.

3 Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Start Talking Before They Start Drinking, last referenced 3/2/07.

4 Markel, H. 2005. Parents and Substance Abuse; Medscape Pediatrics, 7 (1).

5 National Institute on Drug Abuse, 2003. Preventing Drug Abuse among Children and Adolescents, Second Edition-In Brief, last referenced 1/8/07.

6 Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. It's Not Your Fault!, last referenced 1/8/07.

7 Office of National Drug Control Policy. Keeping Your Kids Drug-Free: A How-To Guide for Parents and Caregivers, last referenced 1/8/07.

8 Office of National Drug Control Policy. Enforcing the Rules, last referenced 1/8/07.

9 National Household Survey on Drug Abuse, February 13, 2004. Alcohol Dependence or Abuse among Parents with Children Living in the Home, last referenced 1/8/07.

10 Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. It's Not Your Fault!, last referenced 1/8/07.

11 SAMHSA's Family Guide, 2006. Someone Is Watching You, last referenced 1/8/07.

12 Markel, H. 2005. Parents and Substance Abuse; Medscape Pediatrics, 7 (1).
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