Substance use disorders : assessment and treatment / Charles E. Dodgen, W. Michael Shea.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dodgen, Charles E.

Contributor:

Shea, W. Michael.

Series:

Practical resources for the mental health professional.

Practical resources for the mental health professional

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Substance abuse.

Substance abuse--Treatment.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (193 p.)

Place of Publication:

San Diego : Academic Press, c2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Substance Use Disorders: Assessment and Treatment is a summary of everything a therapist should know about substance abuse in one easy-to-read comprehensive book. The book begins with a discussion of the pharmacology of specific drug classes (opioids, hallucinogens, etc.) and the epidemiology of abuse. It then presents psychological theories of substance abuse, the initiation and progression of substance abuse disorders, issues of prevention and early intervention, and screening and assessment for substance abuse (including specific tests for assessment) and discusses in detail the various tre

Contents:

Front Cover; Substance Use Disorders; Copyright Page ; TABLE OF CONTENTS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; Chapter 1. Clinical Pharmacology and Clinical Epidemiology of Psychoactive Substances; Definitions and General Concepts of Pharmacology; Pharmacology of Individual Drugs; Clinical Epidemiology of Psychoactive Substances; References; Chapter 2. Etiology of Psychoactive Substance Use Disorders; Overview; Theories of Etiology; References; Chapter 3. Initiation, Progression, and Maintenance of Psychoactive Substance Use Disorders; Stage Models of Adolescent Substance Use; Risk Factors

Adult Model of Substance UseReferences; Chapter 4. Course/Natural History of Psychoactive Substance Use Disorders; The Disease Model; Models of Progression of Substance Use; References; Chapter 5. Prevention, Early Intervention, and Harm Reduction; General Perspective; Types of Prevention; Supply Reduction/Legal Interventions; Risk and Protective Factors; Skills Training; Community-Based Prevention; School-Based Programs; Parenting/Family Interventions; Related Risks/Harm Reduction; References; Chapter 6. Screening and Assessment of Psychoactive Substance Use

Overview of the Assessment ProcessAlcohol Screening Instruments; Drug Screening Instruments; Biological Screening Measures; Diagnostic Instruments; Areas to Assess for Treatment Planning Purposes; References; Chapter 7. Diagnosis and Comorbidity; Definition and Prevalence; Diagnostic Issues of the Dually Impaired; Treatment of the Dually Diagnosed; References; Chapter 8. Treatment I: Models and Approaches; Treatment Settings and Services; Major Theoretical Treatment Approaches; Additional Psychological Therapies; Role of Pharmacotherapy; Treatment Effectiveness/Outcome Studies

Alternative TreatmentsReferences; Chapter 9. Treatment II: Planning, Implementing, and Managing Treatment and the Course of Recovery; Phases of Recovery; Relapse Parameters; Treatment Goals; Detoxification; Engagement of Patients in Treatment; Client-Treatment Matching; Treatment of Family Members of Substance Abusers; Linkage of Services; Treatment of Criminal Offenders; Self-Help Groups; References; Chapter 10. Issues in Specific Populations; Impaired Physicians; Ethnic Minorities; Women; HIV/AIDS; The Elderly Population; The Homeless Population; References

Chapter 11. Legal and Ethical IssuesConfidentiality; Responsibility to Diagnose and Treat Substance Use Disorders; Coerced Treatment; Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA); References; EPILOGUE; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-280-92731-3

9786610927319

0-08-051810-9

OCLC:

335806121