Substance Use Problems (Advances in Psychotherapy: Evidence Based Practice) - Softcover

Earleywine, Mitch

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0889374163 ISBN 13: 9780889374164

Publisher: Hogrefe Publishing, 2016

Synopsis

A fully updated new edition of the popular text that separates the facts from the myths about drug and substance use and provides practical, evidence-based guidance on dealing with them.The literature on diagnosis and treatment of drug and substance abuse is filled with successful, empirically based approaches, but also with controversy and hearsay. Health professionals in a range of settings are bound to meet clients with troubles related to drugs - and this text helps them separate the myths from the facts. It provides trainees and professionals with a handy, concise guide for helping problem drug users build enjoyable, multifaceted lives using approaches based on decades of research. Readers will improve their intuitions and clinical skills by adding an overarching understanding of drug use and the development of problems that translates into appropriate techniques for encouraging clients to change behavior themselves. This highly readable text explains not only what to do, but when and how to do it. Seasoned experts and those new to the field will welcome the chance to review the latest developments in guiding self-change for this intriguing, prevalent set of problems.

About this title

About the Author

Mitch Earleywine, PhD, is Associate Professor ofClinical Psychology at the University at Albany,State University of New York, where he teachesdrugs and human behavior, substance abusetreatment and clinical research methods. He hasreceived 10 teaching commendations, includingthe coveted General Education Teaching Awardfrom the University of Southern California. Hisresearch funding has come from the NationalInstitute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, theAlcoholic Beverage Medical Research Foundation,and the Marijuana Policy Project. He serves on theeditorial boards of four psychology journals,reviews for over a dozen, and has more than 80publications on drug use and abuse, including"Understanding Marijuana" (Oxford UniversityPress, 2002). He serves on the advisory board forthe National Organization for the Reform ofMarijuana Laws, and is a member of the ResearchSociety on Alcoholism, the Association for theAdvancement of Behavior Therapy, and the DrugPolicy Alliance.

From the Inside Flap

Interspersed with great clinical insights, this book will not only appeal to practitioners but also to researchers striving to close the distance that sometimes exists between theory and practice. Derek Heim, PhD, Professor of Psychology, Edge Hill University, Ormskirk, UK; Editor-in-Chief, Addiction Research and Theory

Edition details

• Publisher: Hogrefe Publishing
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0889374163
• ISBN 13: 9780889374164
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 104