Treating drinkers and drug users in the community [[electronic resource] /] / Tom Waller, Daphne Rumball

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910830727903321
• Autore: Waller T. A. N
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Malden, MA, : Blackwell Science, : Addiction Press, 2004
• ISBN: 1-281-30972-9; 9786611309725; 0-470-69374-6; 0-470-69299-5
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (482 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): RumballDaphne
• Disciplina: 616.86/06; 616.8606
• Soggetti: Substance abuse - Treatment; Community mental health services
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 409-449) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Treating Drinkers and Drug Users in the Community; Contents; Series Foreword; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; The Authors; Part I Theoretical Considerations; 1 An Overview: Theory and Evidence Base Underpinning a Broad and UniWed Treatment Approach for Drinkers and Drug Users; Part II The Political Dimension; 2 Different National Approaches; Part III Prevention and Treatment; 3 Prevention and Treatment Services for Young People; 4 Prevention and Treatment Services for Adults; Part IV Assessment; 5 Assessment; Part V Treatment; 6 The Therapeutic Framework; 7 Understanding Behavioural and Cognitive-Behavioural Approaches8 Effective Counselling for Ongoing Client Contact; 9 The Nature and Timing of Care Plan Interventions; 10 Brief Interventions; 11 Prescribing Interventions; 12 Everyone Needs Help to Prevent Relapse; 13 Reducing Environmental Harm and Increasing Social Strength; 14 Reducing Psychological Harm and Increasing Psychological Strength; 15 Working with Families; 16 Substance Use and Mental Health; 17 Physical Health Issues; 18 Women, Parents and Children; 19 Professionally Aided Self-Help, Twelve-Step Work and the ; Maintenance of AbstinenceEpilogue; Appendices; Glossary: Abbreviations and Acronyms; References; Further Reading; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Treating Drinkers and Drug Users in the Community is the second book in a new collection from Addiction Press. Addiction Press was set up with the express purpose of communicating current ideas and evidence in this expanding field, not only to researchers and practising health professionals, but also to policy makers, students and interested non-specialists. These publications are designed to address the significant challenges that addiction presents to modern society. The drugs field has undergone a phase of rapid change in recent years and all the non-medica