Overview

This book presents a cohesive framework for understanding addictive behavior change and targeting treatment to the needs of particular clients. The book delineates the stages of change model, describing specific clinical issues that arise at different points in the recovery process. It then integrates the latest scientific and clinical research to identify the interventions and techniques that are most effective for meeting the challenges of each stage. All aspects of addictions treatment are covered, from assessment to intervention and relapse management. Concrete recommendations are offered for applying the stages of change model to clinical work with individuals, groups, couples and families, and two populations with special needs: women and the dually diagnosed. Included throughout are illustrative case examples, helpful tables and figures, and bulleted lists of key points.

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9781572306578

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'Therapeutic strategies designed to increase motivation to change have gained a great deal of popularity in the substance abuse literature. However, few books have been able to combine academic rigor with practical strategies for frontline clinical work. This book accomplishes the task. From first-rate researchers, this is a comprehensive and user-friendly guide to the use of the stages of change model in alcohol and drug abuse treatment. One of the things that sets the book apart is its insightful coverage of couple and group approaches, along with individual treatment. For clinicians new to the stages of change model, as well as those experienced in the field, this is an invaluable contribution.' - Roger D. Weiss, MD, Harvard Medical School and McLean Hospital 'The stages of change model has become enormously popular among treatment providers over the last decade.... There are many other books and articles in which the stages of change model has assumed a prominent place, but none has achieved what this book succeeds in doing. It presents in clear and accessible language a coherent integration of the model with the entire process of treatment for substance use disorders, from assessment and treatment planning to the management of relapse. Along the way, many key concerns in treatment are usefully reconceptualized and much of the accumulated wisdom in the field is viewed in a fresh and invigorating light' - Nick Heather, PhD, Newcastle City Health NHS Trust and University of Northumbria at Newcastle, UK.

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Gerard J. Connors, PhD, is Director of the Research Institute on Addictions at the University at Buffalo, State University of New York. Coauthor of a textbook on drug use and abuse, Dr. Connors has published over 100 scientific articles and book chapters in the area of alcoholism and addictive behaviors. Dennis M. Donovan, PhD, is Director of the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Institute at the University of Washington, where he is also Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Adjunct Professor in the Department of Psychology. His more than 120 publications include Assessment of Addictive Behaviors (coedited with G. Alan Marlatt) and Changing Addictive Behavior (coedited with Jalie A. Tucker and G. Alan Marlatt). Carlo C. DiClemente, PhD, is Professor and Chair of the Department of Psychology at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Dr. DiClemente is the codeveloper of the stages-of-change model with James Prochaska. He has authored numerous scientific articles, books, and book chapters examining the process of human behavior change and the application of this model in a variety of problem behaviors. His recent publications include Group Treatment for Substance Abuse: A Stages-of-Change Therapy Manual (coauthored with Mary Marden Velasquez et al.).

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