Substance Use + Mental Health in Teens and Young Adults

Your Guide to Recognizing and Addressing Co-occurring Disorders

This guide, a collaboration of the Child Mind Institute and Center on Addiction, which merged with Partnership for Drug-Free Kids in January 2019, provides information on common mental health disorders in young people (and the medications that are often used to treat these), tips on identifying substance misuse and steps to making informed decisions about evaluation and treatment for co-occurring disorders.

Read the guide.