The spread of addictive behaviors in our society reinforces social and cultural influences on individual dysfunction. The quest for happiness and self-control promotes the ingestion of substances as an efficient technique. Professionals must now adapt their practices to this. A European study has enabled the creation of a manual of therapy for these at-risk youths who do not seek help: Process of Support and Alliance for Therapeutic Change.

Adolescence, 2015, 33, 1, 165-176.