Overcoming Your Alcohol or Drug Problem by Dennis Daley

Overcoming Your Alcohol or Drug Problem by Dennis Daley

This expanded edition of this successful Therapist Guide provides an evidence-based treatment protocol for all types of substance use disorders. Designed to be used with the accompanying Workbook, this guide provides clinicians with valuable strategies for working with clients with substance use disorders. The treatment outlined focuses on specific issues involved in both stopping substance abuse and changing behaviours or lifestyle aspects that contribute to continued substance abuse. In addition to addressing professional approaches/attitudes toward the substance abusing client, assessment, psychosocial and pharmacotherapeutic treatment, and self-help programs, this expanded edition also includes a new chapter on the management of a co-occurring psychiatric disorder.

There are so many people suffering from drug and alcohol problems, this should be must reading for all practitionersIt is full of extremely useful information form renowned experts and can be adapted to a variety of treatments settings. The authors have used evidence-based interventions as the foundation for their approach. * Doody's Journal *

Dennis C. Daley, PhD, is Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Chief of Drug and Alcohol Services, and Director of the Center for Psychiatric and Chemical Dependency Services at Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic (WPIC) of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center in Pittsburgh, PA. He is a Principal and Co-Principal Investigator on several research studies sponsored by the National Institute on Drug Abuse and National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism related treatment of individuals with substance use disorders and mood disorders. Dr. Daley is a consultant to two federally funded research projects at Harvard Medical School and Spalding University. He has also consulted with numerous treatment programs in the U.S. and Europe, and presented workshops and lectures in over 30 States, Canada and Europe. Dr. Daley is Co-Director of the Education Core for the Veteran Administration's Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Care project.

Howard B. Moss, MD, a psychiatrist specializing in alcohol and drug abuse disorders, is professor of psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and is medical director of the Substance Abuse Treatment Units at the Philadelphia Veteran's Affairs Medical Center. He lectures throughout the United States and Canada on dual disorders and areas related to his research endeavors.

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ISBN 13	9780195307733
ISBN 10	0195307739
Title	Overcoming Your Alcohol or Drug Problem
Author	Dennis Daley
Series	Treatments That Work
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Oxford University Press Inc
Year published	2006-06-29
Number of pages	240
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.