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National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center

A Federal resource for professionals, parents and youth working to prevent violence committed by and against young people.

Youth Substance Abuse - Risk and Protective Factors Research
(Printable Version)

Risk and Protective Factors for Adolescent Drug Use (2001) - Office of Applied Studies, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

Youth Drinking: Risk Factors and Consequences. Alcohol Alert No. 37. (1997) - National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health

The National Cross-Site Evaluation of High-Risk Youth Programs (2002) - Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

The Relationship between Mental Health and Substance Abuse among Adolescents (1999) - Office of Applied Studies, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

Adolescent Substance Abuse: A Review of the Past Ten Years (1998) - Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.