Treating addiction

Description:

"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.

subjects: Drug abuse,  Treatment,  Substance abuse,  Substance abuse, treatment,  Drug abuse, treatment,  PSYCHOLOGY / Psychopathology / Addiction,  MEDICAL / Psychiatry / General,  SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Work,  PSYCHOLOGY / Psychopathology / General,  Substance-Related Disorders,  Therapy,  Substance abuse--treatment,  Drug abuse--treatment,  Substance-related disorders--therapy,  Psychology--psychopathology--addiction,  Medical--psychiatry--general,  Social science--social work,  Psychology--psychopathology--general,  Drogentherapie,  Rc564 .m546 2011,  2011 k-048,  Wm 270,  Wm 270 m652t 2011,  362.29,  Psy038000 med105000 soc025000 psy022000