What is an effective way to get the parent of a teenager to consent to an adolescent drug screen?
Each clinician might develop and utilize their own practical strategies to try to address this issue. The use of behavioral limits and reinforcements, both positive (reward) and negative (punishment), may motivate the adolescent to comply with urine drug screen testing authorized by the parent or guardian. Obviously, under emergency situations such as suspected overdose or life-threatening circumstances, medical personnel can obtain urine via catheterization. More covertly, parents or guardians of adolescents desiring drug testing can do so by obtaining hair samples for toxicology analysis.
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