This book may save a child’s life. Author Richard Capriola brings two decades of addictions counseling experience to craft a book guiding parents through the crisis of having a child addicted to alcohol or drugs.

In The Addicted Child parents learn

 ■ The difference between adult and adolescent addiction

 ■ How drugs work within a child’s brain

 ■ Which assessments and tests are important

 ■ How to identify and find effective treatment programs

 “The Addicted Child presents a great deal of information in a way that is concise and understandable.” Psychiatrist Jennifer Malone, MD

 “Capriola has distilled the wisdom he accrued from decades of experience on the frontlines of substance use treatment.” Houston Methodist Hospital psychologist Major Bradshaw

 “I strongly recommend this book to anyone close to adolescents who struggle with substance abuse disorders.” Menninger Clinic psychiatrist Cory Walker, MD

Families with a child abusing alcohol or drugs often feel alone. They seek a roadmap to guide them through the process of assessment and treatment. The Addicted Child was written for these families and anyone wanting to learn about adolescent substance abuse.

Richard Capriola has been a licensed substance abuse counselor in Illinois and Texas and was an addictions counselor at Menninger Clinic in Houston Texas, one of the nation’s premier psychiatric hospitals.