Substance Abuse Treatment: Options, Challenges, and Effectiveness
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Description
This is the first compendium of the entire range of options available for treating substance abuse, with a focus on effectiveness. The book synthesizes treatment approaches from medicine, psychology, sociology, and social work, and investigates regimens that range from brief interventions to the most intensive and expensive types of inpatient treatment programs. It examines controversies over best practices in substance treatment and closely analyzes current research findings and their applicability for improving substance abuse treatment in the future. Written for both academics and clinicians, the book translates complex research findings into an easily understandable format.
Substance Abuse Treatment examines the circumstances under which a treatment is considered effective and how effectiveness is measured. It discusses treatment goals and looks at the importance of client motivation in positive treatment outcomes. A great variety of inpatient and outpatient treatment options are examined, as are self-help programs such as Alcoholics Anonymous. This segues to a discussion of the changing role of self-help programs in treatment. The text also analyzes changes in the substance abuse treatment industry that make treatment more costly and less available to those without financial resources. It gives special attention to the treatment of diverse populations, those with co-occurring disorders, and criminal justice populations. National, state, and local prevention efforts are covered as well as substance abuse prevention and future issues in treatment. The book is intended for undergraduate and graduate substance abuse courses in all relevant areas of study. In addition, it will be an important reference for substance abuse clinicians and other health professionals who treat patients with substance abuse issues.
Department
Human Services
ISBN
0826195784
Publication Date
7-1-2014
Publisher
Springer Publishing Company, LLC
City
New York, NY
Keywords
substance abuse, treatment
Disciplines
Counseling | Health Services Research | Psychiatric and Mental Health | Substance Abuse and Addiction
Recommended Citation
Mignon, Sylvia I., "Substance Abuse Treatment: Options, Challenges, and Effectiveness" (2014). UMass Boston Bookshelf. 39.
https://scholarworks.umb.edu/bookshelf/39