Final Recommendation Statement: Primary Care Behavioral Interventions to Reduce Illicit Drug and Nonmedical Pharmaceutical Use in Children and Adolescents

Final Recommendation Statement: Primary Care Behavioral Interventions to Reduce Illicit Drug and Nonmedical Pharmaceutical Use in Children and Adolescents

Final Recommendation Statement: Primary Care Behavioral Interventions to Reduce Illicit Drug and Nonmedical Pharmaceutical Use in Children and Adolescents

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) sent this bulletin at 03/11/2014 08:00 AM EDT

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force released today a final Recommendation Statement on primary care behavioral interventions to reduce illicit drug and nonmedical pharmaceutical use in children and adolescents. To view the recommendation and the evidence on which it is based, please go tohttp://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf13/drugmisuse/drugmisusefinalrs.htm. A fact sheet that explains the final recommendation in plain language is also available. The final Recommendation Statement can also be found in the March 11 online issue of Annals of Internal Medicine.