Treating addiction : a guide for professionals /

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Author / Creator:Miller, William R. (William Richard)
Imprint:New York : Guilford Press, c2011.
Description:xvi, 464 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8507059
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Other authors / contributors:Forcehimes, Alyssa.
Zweben, Allen, 1940-
ISBN:9781609186388 (hardback)
1609186389 (hardback)
Notes:Machine generated contents note: PrefaceI. An Invitation to Addiction Treatment1. Why Treat Addiction?2. What Is Addiction?3. How Do Drugs Work?II. A Context for Addiction Treatment4. A Client-Centered Foundation5. Screening, Evaluation, and Diagnosis6. Detoxification and Health Care Needs7. Matching: Individualizing Treatment Plans8. Case ManagementIII. A Menu of Evidence-Based Options for Addiction Treatment9. Brief Interventions10. Enhancing Motivation for Change11. A Community Reinforcement Approach12. Strengthening Coping Skills13. Involving and Working with Family14. Mutual Help Groups15. Pharmacological Adjuncts IV. Issues That Arise in Addiction Treatment16. Responding to Resistance17. Enhancing Adherence18. Treating Co-Occurring Disorders19. Promoting Maintenance20. Working with Groups21. Addressing the Spiritual Side 22. Professional Ethics23. Promoting PreventionPostscript: Looking Forward, A. Thomas McLellan.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:"An indispensable practitioner reference and text, this engaging book focuses on how to provide effective help to clients with substance use disorders. The authors, leading authorities on addiction treatment, present a state-of-the-art framework for assessment and treatment. They describe and illustrate evidence-based treatment methods, including cognitive-behavioral, 12-step, motivational, pharmacological, and family approaches. Also addressed are such crucial clinical issues as resistance, maintenance of change, treating co-occurring disorders, and spirituality. Reproducible clinical tools can be photocopied from the book or downloaded and printed in a convenient 8 1/2" x 11" size. Of special utility, the companion Web page features more than 25 additional widely used, ready-to-download assessment tools, assembled in one place for the first time, together with the authors' guidance for using them throughout the process of treatment"--Provided by publisher.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • I. An Invitation to Addiction Treatment
  • 1. Why Treat Addiction?
  • 2. What Is Addiction?
  • 3. How Do Drugs Work?
  • II. A Context for Addiction Treatment
  • 4. A Client-Centered Foundation
  • 5. Screening, Evaluation, and Diagnosis
  • 6. Detoxification and Health Care Needs
  • 7. Matching: Individualizing Treatment Plans
  • 8. Case Management
  • III. A Menu of Evidence-Based Options for Addiction Treatment
  • 9. Brief Interventions
  • 10. Enhancing Motivation for Change
  • 11. A Community Reinforcement Approach
  • 12. Strengthening Coping Skills
  • 13. Involving and Working with Family
  • 14. Mutual Help Groups
  • 15. Pharmacological Adjuncts
  • IV. Issues That Arise in Addiction Treatment
  • 16. Responding to Resistance
  • 17. Enhancing Adherence
  • 18. Treating Co-Occurring Disorders
  • 19. Promoting Maintenance
  • 20. Working with Groups
  • 21. Addressing the Spiritual Side
  • 22. Professional Ethics
  • 23. Promoting Prevention
  • Postscript: Looking Forward