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Each title in the Allyn & Bacon Johnson & Grant Casebook Series presents three to four in-depth cases in a different topic area, prefaced by an introduction to generalist social work practice.

Allyn & Bacon Casebook Series for Substance Abuse, First Edition by Jerry Johnson and George Grant provides students with personal and intimate glimpses into the thinking and actions of experienced practitioners working with with substance abusing clients.The contributors to this casebook combined many decades of social work experience and teaching to create a one-of-a-kind tool for students to study and analyze how practitioners think about practice.The authors move beyond the belief that practice involves finding “correct” interventions to solve client problems, and instead invite students to review and challenge the work of others to help them understand what compromises important practice decision with real clients in real practice settings.

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Reflecting the latest advancements in the assessment and diagnosis of substance use and comorbid disorders, this Second Edition surveys current research in the epidemiology, genetics, and management of dually-diagnosed patients—comprehensively describing the treatment of major medical disorders that are directly or indirectly related to substance abuse including alcohol-related gastrointestinal disorders, cocaine-induced cardiac disease, and hepatitis C infection. ... Read more

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Good but expensive
I'm a young Psychiatrist and I don't agree with the expensiveness of these kind of "holy" book. Yes, there are rare references on the dual-diagnosis and this book is a good one but, I repeat, it's too expensive!
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This approachable, interdisciplinary text reflects the author's twenty-plus years of experience in the substance abuse field. Comprehensive and broad in its scope, the book parallels the practice process with substance abuse clients, offering a four-stage organization (an overview that includes theoretical foundations, pharmacology, and models; client engagement; screening and assessment; and treatment) that walks students through this process. The book's highly applied nature ensures that students will find an abundance of specific information they can put to use in daily practice. ... Read more

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Note from the Author
I wrote this book with practitioners in mind.After many unsuccessful years of looking for a text that covered the substance abuse field in a way that reflected real-world practice, I came up with this text.I provide a mix of theory and practice skills, giving readers someting to sink their teeth into, regardless of level or experience.I focused mostly on four important issues:successful client engagement based in the strengths perspective, understanding client culture, multisystemic assessment and treatment planning, and co-occurring disorders.I provide a critique of the disease model and other theories/moedls while encouraging practitioners to match treatment model/theory to the needs and experiences of clients.

Great Book...Best I've seen
This is the best, most comprehensive substance abuse text Ive seen in 10 years in the field...covers the gamut from assessment through treatment and aftercare.Also has great info on diversity and filled with exciting new material to help everyone learn to engage clients more effective.Best of all...its reall easy to read and, unlike other texts, contains specific practice skills.A must-have for all human srvice students and professionasl in the field ... Read more

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Substance abuse is, and has always been, an indisputable fact of life. People – especially young people – abuse various legal and illegal substances for any number of reasons: to intensify feelings, to achieve deeper consciousness, to escape reality, to self-medicate. And as substance-abusing teenagers mature, they pose particular challenges to the professionals charged with keeping them clean and sober and helping them maintain recovery into adulthood.

Adolescent Substance Abuse: Evidence-Based Approaches to Prevention and Treatment offers clear, interdisciplinary guidance that grounds readers in the many contexts – developmental, genetic, social, and familial among them – crucial to creating effective interventions and prevention methods. Its contributors examine current findings regarding popularly used therapies, including psychopharmacology, residential treatment, school- and community-based programs, group homes, and specific forms of individual, family, and group therapy.

Accessible to a wide professional audience, this volume:

• Presents evidence-based support for the treatment decision-making process by identifying interventions that work, might work, and don’t work.
• Identifies individual traits associated with susceptibility to substance abuse and addiction in youth.
• Provides a biogenetic model of the effects of drugs on the brain (and refines the concept of gateway drugs).
• Evaluates the effectiveness of prevention programs in school and community settings.
• Adds historical, spiritual, and legal perspectives on substance use and misuse.
• Includes the bonus resource, the Community Prevention Handbook on Adolescent Substance Abuse and Treatment.

This volume is an all-in-one reference for counseling professionals and clinicians working with youth and families as well as program developers in state and local agencies and graduate students in counseling and prevention.

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New York Univ., New York City. Reference provides data on all aspects of substance abuse, including research and epidemiology, and basic strategies for identification, assessment, and management of problems. Focuses on the health implications of substance abuse across the lifespan. Includes study questions and case studies. Softcover. DNLM: Substance-Related Disorders--nursing. ... Read more

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Every day, huge numbers of people use drugs or alcohol for recreation, medication, celebration, stress management, social lubrication, or escape. The abuse of psychoactive chemicals touches individual lives in countless ways, and clients frequently hint in therapy sessions at problems related to substance misuse. But historically, substance abuse treatment has been regarded as a separate specialty, for which students and trainees often prepare along tracks different from those leading to licensing or certification as psychotherapists. Few non-specialists feel completely competent and willing to grapple closely with the issues these clients present, in spite of the fact that such problems are quite frequent among client populations.

In this book, Cynthia Glidden-Tracey lays out an integrated, holistic, and effective approach to clients' inevitably intertwined problems, which encourages all practitioners to develop skills for detecting, assessing, and addressing substance use whenever concerns about it emerge in the course of therapy. She describes the frequent co-occurrence of substance misuse and other mental health problems, reviews therapy models and current professional questions, and empowers practitioners with the latest scientific knowledge about the causes and effective treatment of addictions. Throughout, her points are grounded in rich clinical examples. ... Read more

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Discusses drug abuse and alcoholism, how they may be passed from one generation to the next, and the problems they can cause in families. ... Read more

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A primer of approaches and attitudes for helping clientswith dual disorders written in an easy style that avoids assumptionsand jargon, celebrating small victories is an engaging work thatpraovides a solid foundation for those new to treating coexistingmental illness and substance abuse.It provides fresh insights toexperienced clinicians, doctors, nurses, and administrators. ... Read more

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Substance use-and abuse-has existed in virtually all cultures throughout human history. Canada is no exception to this. But what may come as a surprise are the rates and the substances themselves that are most liable to abuse in this country. A recent study estimates that the cost of substance abuse is equivalent to $1,267 for every man, woman, and child in Canada in terms of lost productivity, health care, and law enforcement. And this does not include the personal cost. It is an issue worth considering.

In an accessible and engaging style, this short book presents the latest research, survey, and interview data on substance abuse, taking into account Canada's regional differences and demography. It describes the models used by experts to explain substance abuse and addiction, and evaluates the various social policy, psychological, and medical solutions.

Students and interested general readers alike will learn a great deal about how experts have come to understand the complicated, controversial topic of substance abuse. ... Read more

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Designed for providers who work with judicial clients, the Providers Guide presents effective cognitive-behavioral treatment approaches. The Second Edition of this bestseller unveils a state-of-the-art approach for effectively preventing criminal recidivism and substance abuse relapse within community based and correctional settings. ... Read more

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Effective Treatment
This program is an axcellant resource for in custody, out-patient and inpatient settings. It engages the client in their own life and recovery process. A very balances program that can be coordinatedwith other programs and modalities. ... Read more

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Does Ecstasy cause brain damage? Why is crack more addictive than cocaine? What questions regarding drugs are legal to ask in a job interview? When does marijuana possession carry a greater prison sentence than murder?

Illegal Drugs is the first comprehensive reference to offer timely, pertinent information on every drug currently prohibited by law in the United States.It includes their histories, chemical properties and effects, medical uses and recreational abuses, and associated health problems, as well as addiction and treatment information.

Additional survey chapters discuss general and historical information on illegal drug use, the effect of drugs on the brain, the war on drugs, drugs in the workplace, the economy and culture of illegal drugs, and information on thirty-three psychoactive drugs that are legal in the United States, from caffeine, alcohol and tobacco to betel nuts and kava kava. ... Read more

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Definitely interesting!
This book has so much history information that i wasn't aware of. It was fun to read and informational. I would recommend it to anyone going into the field or needing to know some information about drugs and their origins.

Covers It All
This book is an amazing plethora of information. It in no way condones drug use but educates the reader of the history, use and abuse. I would recommend this book to anyone who just wants a little more knowledge on the subject, a mother, a teacher etc... This is a very well written and researched book!

Good not great
The author is strongly against the War on Drugs and he tries to provide as neutral as possible a look at the facts. He is certainly not anti-recreational drugs which I found to be a nice change. It has a good history of drugs and their effects but it could have had more practical information e.g. I wanted to know how much marijuana to use for oral consumption as compared to how much I smoke and this book was of no help.

Overall good beginners summary of history and effects of common recreational drugs. Good not great

Book Critique
The topic of my book was the history of drugs. This book was aimed towards anyone who wanted to know the history and use of most drugs. It is hard to say what the specific goal of this book is because it covers many different areas on the topic of drugs. The author defiantly covers the topics that are brought up. The book was written very well and was easy to understand but still very informative. The book was written from a neural viewpoint and the author expresses no clear opinion. Although the author does advise against using drugs illegally and abusively.
There was no favorite part of the book for me I liked all of it. However I did find one fact very interesting, which was how, the United States, makes up four percent of the worlds total population and yet we consume sixty five percent of the world total hard drugs. The author did a good job of this by covering every aspect of drugs like their history, reasons for use, effects when used, and how they are used. For the most part the book was good but if there was one thing that had to be improved I would suggest making some of the chapters shorter. Most chapters were concise but sometimes there would be a longer chapter that could get boring because there were some redundancies.
I recommend this book to anyone who wants to learn about drugs. This book is a good source for a much more broad coverage on the topic of drugs. What I mean when I say a broad topic is how the book goes over the use of drugs in the ancient world and religion, the effects of drugs in the government, the selling of drugs, diseases caused b drugs, modern history and use of drugs and much more. However if you want to read this book you should know that it is pretty long.I think this book should definitely be kept on the chemistry book report list for next year. As a boy in high school it is surprising how often the topic of drugs comes up and if you have read this book you will know a lot about them. I also think that this book should be added to the library so it is at easier access to anyone who wants to be able to read it even if it is not for the book report.
I think this book served the purpose of the assignment very well. It taught me a lot about the history and use of drugs. It also showed me how drugs are related to chemistry and how their effects and reasons for causing those effects are all major parts of chemistry. In reading this book it also made me realize how big a topic like chemistry is and even though I may not like certain parts of it there are so many different interesting things to learn in chemistry.

Excellent read.
Illegal Drugs: A Complete Guide to Their History, Chemistry, Use and Abuse (Review)
Illegal Drugs: A Complete Guide to Their History, Chemistry, Use and Abuse, is an interesting book. After reading it, I learned a lot I did not previously know about certain types of drugs. Also, I learned about what to do in case of an overdose of said drugs. Overall, it was a extremely educational experience reading the book and I would absolutely recommend it to be on the list of books to read next year.
In Illegal Drugs: A Complete Guide to Their History, Chemistry, Use and Abuse the book is organized in sections describing the health effects of drugs, the drug history, chemical makeup, along with many others. The author provides a section on the physiology of the brain and its reaction to chemicals. The book also thoroughly covers drugs with one detailed chapter for every single drug type you could imagine. Each chapter also includes a history of the drug, a personality profile of the type of people who use said drug, chemical characteristics of it, the drug's withdrawal signs once use is stopped or discontinued, long-term health problems of use of the drug, and emergency care information just in case one has an overdose.
The book concludes with resources for self-help, websites that provide information about drugs, and a list of drug abuse and treatment centers spread out all over in the United States. A bibliography for each chapter is also a big help for those who want to learn more about certain drugs more than what the book has already listed.
In the book, there is a section for basically every type of drug, as well as an intro with drug history and current drug laws, and ends with the question, will drugs be used? The author then says that that is not the question we should be asking. 95% of the United States uses some form of psychoactive drug. The real question is, which will be used?
Throughout the book, the author talks about how when certain drugs are criminalized, people turn to other types of drugs. For example, in the 1930s during the prohibition of alcohol, the use of marijuana soared in the U.S. hit its highest levels. Also, when the government cracked down on the use of drugs like cocaine among teens, the use of ecstasy and other drugs rose dramatically.
The beginning of the book also describes in not a lot of detail `legalized' drugs such as caffeine, alcohol, tobacco, and nutmeg among others. Schedule 1 & 2 drugs are described in the book, with the latter group being about amphetamines like speed (meth) and others. Illegal Drugs includes over 178 different drugs and descriptions of them. This includes drugs ranging from LSD to Rohypnol the date rape drug. It is very well illustrated and contains at the end, an informative as well as lengthy bibliography.
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"This book takes an integrative approach to the understanding of drug use and its relationship to social-cultural factors. It is lucidly and powerfully argued and constitutes a significant achievement. The authors sensibly argue that in order to fully understand and explain drug use and abuse it is necessary to take into account different levels of analysis, reflecting distinct domains of human functioning; the biological, psychosocial, and cultural-historical….Overall, this book represents an exceptional achievement and should be of interest to drug clinicians and researcher as well as social scientists and students."

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All the forms, psychoeducational materials, and management tools needed to build and run a substance abuse treatment program

Are you weary of trying to tame the paperwork monster engendered by today's managed care environment? This valuable sourcebook lightens that burden by arming you with more than 80 ready-to-use forms covering every aspect of substance abuse treatment programs. James R. Finley and Brenda S. Lenz share what they've learned about building and managing successful chemical dependence treatment programs, and they supply you with:

• Ready-to-use blank forms that make it easy to satisfy the paperwork demands of HMOs, insurers, and regulatory agencies
• A computer disk containing all the forms in a format that lets you customize them using any DOS or Windows-based word processing program
• A collection of lesson plans and other valuable psychoeducational materials
• Proven tools for managing a chemical dependence treatment program
• Expert advice and guidance on establishing and running a treatment program

With The Chemical Dependence Treatment Documentation Sourcebook you'll spend less time on paperwork and more time with clients. ... Read more

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Dr. Arthur P. Ciaramicoli articulates a holistic model for cost-effective, outpatient treatment of clients whose multiple presenting problems include patterns of addiction following histories of abuse. Recognizing the interaction of intrapsychic, interpersonal, and societal dynamics, Dr. Ciaramicoli's design relies on both individual and group modalities to build self-esteem. Toward consolidating, stabilizing, and enriching the therapeutic gains, it endorses a spectrum of alternative tools from physical fitness and herbal medicine to spirituality. In conclusion, the model considers the managed care system, addressing negotiating strategies and also the need to balance the imperatives of cost with respect for quality care. ... Read more

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The devastating psychological, physical, and spiritual damage wrought by the misuse of drugs is indisputable. However, there is a recurring debate over the causes of substance abuse that typically divides along two common assumptions: People either abuse drugs and alcohol out of sheer pleasure-seeking drives run amok or to escape or assuage aversive states of comorbid anxiety or depression. Substance Abuse and Emotion goes beyond this dichotomy in its exploration of recent, significant field observations, theory construction and rigorous testing, and laboratory research to advance working models for a new research paradigm on substance abuse and comorbidity. Notably, the relationship between drugs and emotion is emerging as paramount in understanding drug abuse etiology, maintenance, and relapse. Part I of this edited volume examines various theoretical perspectives on the interrelationship between substance abuse and emotion, such as craving and positive/negative reinforcement; cognitive theories; relapse; and developmental, sociobiological, and evolutionary perspectives. Part II explores new assessment methodologies, such as ecological momentary assessment and the linkage between affect and cognitive deficits among drug users. The book concludes with a research agenda to expand the volume s new paradigm in understanding and treating substance abuse. ... Read more

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Substance Abuse: Information for School Counselors, Social Workers, Therapists, and Counselors. Published 2005 by Pearson with 290 pages. ... Read more

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love IT
THe book is great, I am gona keep it and not resale it.IT was like new

Important topic
This is a very important topic and it good to see more individuals being educated in schools.A Synchronous Memoir of Addiction and RecoveryA Synchronous Memoir of Addiction and Recovery
Aaron Bryant: BSW,CSAC

Great Book & seller
I needed this book for a short, intense Winterim class.The book arrived in great condition and in good time to use for my course.Thanks for your customer service.

comprehensive text
Had to have the book for my class. It's worth adding to your library. Comprehensive, yes.

Horrible Book
The newest edition still has information that was out of date when the book was originally published. It seems like these authors updated only the bare minimum, the stats and laws.
This book is called substance abuse, and in the first chapter and a half goes on to define everything except "abuse." If they did define "abuse" then they could not get away with the things they were writting, some would be misleading and some would be wrong.
They clearly have an agenda of thie own in writting the book, their own opinions, and not an object view.

Thomas Harrison, Ph. D. in his 2007 class used the last version of his text, but also needed to recommend 4 other books to his students to get the points accross. While I applaud him for not assuming he knows it all, this book is truly not a good tool for a generalist trying to practice. ... Read more

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Ages 8 & Up. Energize,empower and educate your group participants with these 100 interactive activities. Designed for clients dealing with mental health and substance abuse recovery issues. Treatment components common to both are incorporated.
The 14 broad categories in this manual are: Anger Management, Assertion, Cognitive Changes, Coping, Inspiration, Mental Health and Sobriety, Problem Solving, Recovery, Relationships, Self-Development, Self-Esteem, Self-Help, Self-Knowledge, Stress Management.
Designed to motivate cognitive and behavioral changes, participants learn to think, problem solve and act to promote mental health. Reproducible materials are included. ... Read more

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100 Interactive Activities reveiw
This is an excellent resource for group work with proactive client participation. I like its ease of use, the categorical arrangement sections, table of contents and pdf format.

The activities can also be incorporated into psychoeducation sessions with clients who are minimally responsive.

100 Interactive activities for mental health and substance abuse recovery
Could not find a book more on target of how to manage a Co-occuring Disorder group!
Our assertive community treatment team continues to use this book,
Great topics for all mental health consumers!! as well as substance abusers.
We can not find another book to compare!!!!!!!

100 Interactive Activities for Mental Health and Substance Abuse Recovery
This book is incredible. As someone new to the field of Chemical Dependency Counseling this book has given me many ideas and has made facilitating groups much easier as I gain experience.

100 Interactive Activities for Mental Health and Substance Abuse Recovery
I originally bought this book to use with adult substance abuse groups, but I have found it useful in every position I've held. This book is full of great activities that can be adapted for different age groups. While a lot of the substance abuse material is more appropriate for adults, each activity gives a target age group and many of them have a different version for teens. I have a lot of group workbooks, but this is the one I find myself reaching for most often - when my coworkers haven't borrowed it! I would highly recommend this book to anyone who needs group activities for a variety of issues.

On a practical note, the spiral binding makes it SO easy to make copies of the worksheets. I don't know why all group workbooks aren't made like this.

100 Interactive Activities for mental health and substance Abuse Recovery
Actually the text book speaks for itself. The activities that contain within this book is a tremendous help to the counselor and the client as well. The approach is carefully thought-out with the client constantly in mind. ... Read more