Treating Substance Abuse: Theory and Technique

Book Overview

This state-of-the-art text and clinical resource captures the breadth of current knowledge about substance abuse and its treatment. For each of the major evidence-based treatment approaches, a chapter... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1593853742
• ISBN13: 9781593853747
• Release Date: August 2006
• Publisher: Guilford Publications
• Length: 374 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

HELP

This book was an easy read. It gives great examples and is very helpful in knowledge of treating substance abuse.

Something for everyone in this wonderfully diverse book!

I originally bought this book for a college course but it turned out to be worth the money. This isn't your usual textbook on addiction treatment in that it doesn't preach or lecture, and it provides multiple viewpoints and information on multiple modalities. The book is broken up into chapters, each of which discuss a different "type" of addiction treatment, ranging from the usual 12-step variety to family therapy, contingency management, and medication assisted treatment. This book is kinda of like the all-you-can-eat buffet of addiction treatment books. All of the chapters all well-written -- and well-cited. Great book to read if you're just getting into the field, or considering addiction treatment as a career.

Excellent reference

As a chemical dependency student, I've found this to be an invaluable supplemental reference to my textbooks. The book aims to help counselors match clients with appropriate treatment approaches, covering six major approaches for non-physicians: (1) 12-step models, (2) psychodynamic, (3) marital/family, (4) cognitive behavioral, (5) contingency management, and (6) motivational approaches. The chapters are divided accordingly, with different experts writing on each approach. There is also a chapter on psychopharmacological approaches to treatment written by Kathleen M. Carroll. The final chapter shows how clinicians often use aspects of many of the approaches covered in this book in clinical practice. The section on 12-step models was not as comprehensive as I would have liked, though there are plenty of books out there dealing with the subject more concretely. The purpose of this book was to provide a basic overview of the kinds of treatment approaches being utilized for substance use disorders in clinical practice. Published in 2003, this second edition is well written and still current.

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