Counseling

Youth Violence

U.S. Preventive Services Task Force
1996


Recommendation

There is insufficient evidence to recommend for or against clinician counseling of asymptomatic adolescents and adults to prevent morbidity and mortality from youth violence.

Adolescent and adult patients should be screened for problem drinking.

Clinicians should also be alert for symptoms and signs of drug abuse and dependence, the various presentations of family violence, and suicidal ideation in persons with established risk factors.


Guide to Clinical Preventive Services, 2nd Edition
Counseling to Prevent Youth Violence, 1996 (PDF File, 92 KB)


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