Substance Abuse among Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, and Questioning Adolescents.

Studies indicate that substance abuse is a growing problem among gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and questioning youth. Prevention and intervention efforts can be successful in working with sexual minority adolescents in jeopardy of developing substance abuse problems. School psychologists are uniquely poised to address this problem through education, prevention, and intervention efforts. (Contains 29 references.) (GCP)