Difficult Discussions: Your Teen and Substance Use Disorder

For this episode of Beyond Substance we will focus on substance use disorder in adolescent populations and hear about one family's journey to recovery.

Guests:

• Chris and Sarah Platt share their family's journey of a father and daughter relationship dealing with the challenges of substance use disorder in adolescence.
• Dr. Zachary Adams is a clinical psychologist and works for Indiana University School of Medicine in the Department of Psychiatry. He also works as a psychologist with IU Health Riley Hospital for the adolescent dual diagnosis program, where they take care of adolescents and families with co-occurring substance use and mental health concerns.

Resources:

• Adolescent Addiction Access Program | Psychiatry | IU School of Medicine
• Adolescent Dual Diagnosis Program | Riley Children's Health (rileychildrens.org)
• Recovery High School in Indiana - Hope Academy Recovery High School (hopeacademyrhs.org)
• INSTEP | Overcoming Substance Use Disorder | Indianapolis (instepindy.org)
• Recovery Assist Platform where both healthcare professionals and the general public can search and locate services for you with substance use related problems.
• NIDA.NIH.GOV | National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
• SAMHSA - Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
• National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) | National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) (nih.gov)

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Podcast Information:

• Hosted by: Dean Babcock & Jodi Miller
• "A Look at the Numbers" Host: Allie Martin
• Executive Producer: Shawn P Neal
• Produced and Mixed at AdvoCast Leadership Advisory's Studio236

Beyond Substance explores substance use prevention, treatment, recovery, public health, and the people working to build healthier communities through informed conversations and evidence-based perspectives.

Topics:
Substance Use, Recovery, Prevention, Public Health, Mental Health, Community Health, Healthcare, Education

Hashtags:
#BeyondSubstance #SubstanceUse #Recovery #RecoveryMatters #Prevention #PublicHealth #MentalHealth #CommunityHealth #Healthcare #HealthEducation