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The National Center on Youth Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery is a leading nonprofit research institute of Massachusetts General Hospital, an affiliate of Harvard Medical School Teaching Hospital, dedicated to the advancement of youth substance use disorder treatment and recovery.
Drug and alcohol use disorder rates are increasing at an alarming rate among youth, and at increasingly younger ages. Young people are not simply miniature adults. They undergo rapid neurological, psychological, and behavioral changes during this developmental period and substance use alters healthy developmental trajectories. Early detection and intervention are key to reducing the overall clinical, public health, and economic burden related to alcohol and other drug use. We must develop more innovative options to increase the chances of earlier treatment engagement and improve the likelihood of sooner remission and recovery.
Our National Center focuses on understanding and enhancing youth substance use prevention, treatment, and recovery through actionable science, education, advocacy, and the translation, synthesis, and dissemination of youth treatment and recovery research. It will reinvigorate the scientific community nationally to engage and train the next generation of researchers focused on creating and testing innovative models of care for youth and foster new collaborations to become a leading resource.
An annual national conference that brings together practice, research, and policy to reduce the gaps in substance use prevention, treatment, and recovery services for youth and families.
to develop and conduct research invistigations of national significance and scope to uncover and discover novel strategies with high developmental sensitivity and applicability.
Through our national network, work with young people and their families to understand the natural history and developmental trajectories of youth SUD to identify factors that make a difference early on and enhance the impact of youth-focused services.
An annual national conference that brings together practice, research, and policy to reduce the gaps in substance use prevention, treatment, and recovery services for youth and families.
to develop and conduct research invistigations of national significance and scope to uncover and discover novel strategies with high developmental sensitivity and applicability.
Through our national network, work with young people and their families to understand the natural history and developmental trajectories of youth SUD to identify factors that make a difference early on and enhance the impact of youth-focused services.
Donate to help us make this life-saving work possible. Together, let’s address substance use in our communities through innovative research and action.
