Today, alcohol and other drug abuse scientists have access to a broad array of clinical resources that integrate a commonsensical approach to addiction treatment with science. Addictions: A Comprehensive Guidebook is a superb example of one such resource. Here, in one volume, is both practical and scholarly information for alcohol and drug abuse specialists, primary care providers, clinicians, policy-makers, and others involved in programs that are geared to help those who abuse or are dependent on alcohol and other drugs. Its scope is a testament to how far drug abuse scientists and practitioners have come in defining what they do and to how they are able to do it effectively through a growing body of scientific behavioral research. Addictions is organized into seven parts that range from the prevalence of certain addictions to their identification and treatment to the social effects of these addictions. In fact, this volume contains nearly all of the basic information a professional or graduate student needs to learn about or treat substance abuse.
Part I. Epidemiology, Etiology, and Course of Substance Use Disorders 1. Alcohol and Drug Use, Abuse, and Dependence: Classification, Prevalence, and Comorbidity, Bridget F. Grant and Deborah A. Dawson
2. The Course of Untreated and Treated Substance Use Disorders: Remission and Resolution, Relapse and Mortality, John W. Finney, Rudolf H. Moos, and Christine Timko
3. Theories of Etiology of Alcohol and Other Drug Use Disorders, Michie N. Hesselbrock, Victor M. Hesselbrock, and Elizabeth E. Epstein
Part II. Specific Drugs of Abuse: Pharmacological and Clinical Aspects
4. Alcohol, Darlene Moak and Raymond F. Anton
5. Sedative-Hypnotic and Anxiolytic Agents, Kathleen T. Brady, Hugh Myrick, and Robert Malcolm
6. Stimulants: Amphetamines and Cocaine, Michael F. Weaver and Sidney H. Schnoll
7. Cannabis and Hallucinogens, Robert S. Stephens
8. Opioids, Susan M. Stine and Thomas R. Kosten
9. Nicotine, John Slade
10. Other Drugs of Abuse: Inhalants, Designer Drugs, and Steroids, Robert Pandina and Robert Hendren
Part III. Case Identification, Assessment, and Treatment Planning
11. Assessment Strategies and Measures in Addictive Behaviors, Dennis M. Donovan
12. Treatment Decision Making and Goal Setting, Ronald M. Kadden and Pamela M. Skerker
Part IV. Treatment
13. Enhancing Motivation for Treatments and Change, Carolina E. Yahne and William R. Miller
14. Behavioral and Cognitive Behavioral Treatments, Kathleen M. Carroll
15. The Disease Model, Timothy Sheehan and Patricia Owen
16. Treatment Models and Methods: Family Models, Timothy J. O'Farrell and William Fals-Stewart
17. The Therapeutic Community Treatment Model, George de Leon
18. Self-help Groups for Addictions, Joseph Nowinski
19. Pharmacotherapies, Wayne Barber and Charles P. O'Brien
20. Relapse Prevention: Maintenance of Change After Initial Treatment, Lori A. Quigley and G. Alan Marlatt
21. Treatment of Drug and Alcohol ABuse: An Overview of Major Strategies and Effectiveness, John P. Allen and Raye Z. Litten
V. Practice Issues
22. Legal and Ethical Issues, Frederick B. Glaser and David G. Warren
23. Credentialing, Documentation, and Evaluation, Theresa B. Moyers and Reid K. Hester
24. Interface Between Substance Abuse Treatment and Other Health and Social Systems, Susan J. Rose, Allen Zweben, and Virginia Stoffel
VI. Issues in Specific Populations
25. Treatment of Persons With Dual Diagnoses of Substance Use Disorder and Other Psychological Problems, Richard N. Rosenthal and Laurence Westreich
26. Age-Limited Populations: Youth, Adolescents, and Older Adults, Pilar M. Sanjuan and James W. Langenbucher
27. Ethnic and Cultural Minority Groups, Felipe G. Castro, Rae Jean Proescholdbell, Lynn Abeita, and Domingo Rodriguez
28. Women, Edith S. Lisansky Gomberg
29. Gay Men, Lesbians, and Bisexuals, Rodger L. Beatty, Michelle O. Geckle, James Huggins, Carolyn Kapner, Karen Lewis, and Dorothy J. Sandstorm
VII. Prevention, Policy, and Economics of Substance Use Disorders
30. Prevention Aimed at Individuals: An Integrative Transactional Perspective, Mary Ann Pentz
31. Prevention Aimed at the Environment, Harold D. Holder
32. Economic Issues and Substance Use, Jeffrey Merrill