Treating Substance Abuse, First Edition: Theory and Technique - Couverture rigide

 
9781572300255: Treating Substance Abuse, First Edition: Theory and Technique

Synopsis

This volume features comprehensive yet concise descriptions of the five most prominent theories of substance abuse treatment.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Widely adopted, 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 on basic assumptions and theories is followed by a chapter on clinical applications, including illustrative case material. Expert contributors cover motivational, contingency management, cognitive-behavioral, 12-step, family, and pharmacological approaches. Concluding chapters discuss effective ways to integrate different treatments in a range of clinical settings.

New to this edition:

  • reflects significant advances in research and clinical practice
  • restructured to follow the typical sequence of treatment
  • chapter on the biology of substance use disorders
  • chapter on an additional treatment setting: primary care
  • chapter on case management.

 

Biographie de l'auteur

Edited by Scott T. Walters, PhD, School of Public Health, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Ft. Worth, Texas, USA; and Frederick Rotgers, PsyD, ABPP, Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, New Jersey, USA.

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