Anxiety adds to addiction for teens
The final issue on anxiety deals with adolescents who have come to be dependent on alcohol and other drugs. Dealing with this population requires many techniques, patience and remembering that you, the counselor, are trying to take something away from them that has worked for some of them for years. These kids have already been given a mental health diagnosis and a chemical dependency diagnosis of abuse or dependence. As a counselor for many years with this population, the diagnosis of “oppositional defiance” fits 60 to 80% of the kids from 10 to 19. If I said “good morning,” ...
