Treating drug abusers : new directions / edited by Gerald Bennett.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bennett G Staff, Corporate Author.

Contributor:

Bennett, Gerald, 1951-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Drug abuse--Treatment.

Drug abuse.

Drug addicts--Mental health services.

Drug addicts.

Community mental health services.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (208 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1989.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Treating Drug Abusers provides a clear, practical guide to current approaches in the treatment of drug-taking. Written by practitioners for practitioners, it takes a psychological perspective to the problem. The authors include detailed case studies of particular treatments, focusing on, among other things, relapse and its prevention, family therapy, and the transmission of the HIV virus.

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Introduction; Changing conceptions of the nature of drug abuse; Motivating heroin users for change; Family therapy and addiction; Relapse prevention training; Medical treatment for problem drug takers; Managing benzodiazepine withdrawal; Facing up to AIDS; Drug treatment and prescribing practice: what can be learned from the past?; The Community Drug Team: current practice; The Community Drug Team: lessons from alcohol and handicap services; Name index; Subject index

Notes:

First published 1989.

Includes bibliographies and index.

ISBN:

1-134-93173-5

0-585-45996-7

1-280-32603-4

1-134-93174-3

9786610326037

0-203-16803-8

9780203168035

OCLC:

231813645