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    Clinical work with substance-abusing clients / edited by Shulamith Lala Ashenberg Straussner.

    • Title:Clinical work with substance-abusing clients / edited by Shulamith Lala Ashenberg Straussner.
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    • Other Contributors/Collections:Straussner, Shulamith Lala Ashenberg.
    • Published/Created:New York : Guilford Press, ©2004.
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    • Library of Congress Subjects:Substance abuse--Treatment.
      Social work with alcoholics.
      Social work with drug addicts.
    • Medical Subjects: Substance-Related Disorders--therapy--United States.
      Social Work--United States.
    • Edition:2nd ed.
    • Description:xiii, 494 pages ; 24 cm.
    • Series:Guilford substance abuse series.
    • Summary:"Newly revised and expanded, the second edition of this text offers practical guidance for working with substance abusers and their families in a variety of clinical contexts. Expert contributors present widely used assessment and treatment approaches together with detailed recommendations for tailoring interventions to each client's needs. Restructured and thoroughly updated to reflect the latest evidence base and clinical knowledge, the second edition features six entirely new chapters. Throughout, helpful case vignettes illustrate how to translate the ideas presented into practice and overcome common stumbling blocks." "Providing proven tools and techniques for practitioners, this book should be kept within arm's reach by clinical social workers, drug and alcohol counselors, clinical psychologists, psychiatrists, family therapists, and nurses, as well as students and instructors in these fields. In the classroom, it is an invaluable text for undergraduate- or graduate-level courses in addictions and substance abuse."--BOOK JACKET.
    • Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
    • ISBN:1593850670 (hard)
    • Contents:Ch. 1. Assessment and treatment of clients with alcohol and other drug abuse problems : an overview / Shulamith Lala Ashenberg Straussner
      Ch. 2. Motivating substance-abusing clients through the helping process / Meredith Hanson and Nabila El-Bassel
      Ch. 3. The clinical practice of harm reduction / Belinda Housenbold Seiger
      Ch. 4. Working with mandated substance abusers : the language of solutions / Insoo Kim Berg and Kathryn C. Shafer
      Ch. 5. Assessment and intervention with clients who have coexisting psychiatric and substance-related disorders / Lois Orlin, Margaret O'Neill and Jenna Davis
      Ch. 6. 12-step programs as a treatment modality / Betsy Robin Spiegel and Christine Huff Fewell
      Ch. 7. Relapse prevention / Muriel Gray and Sandy Gibson
      Ch. 8. Treatment of alcohol problems / Philip O'Dwyer
      Ch. 9. Treatment of opiate addiction / Ellen Grace Friedman and Robin Wilson
      Ch. 10. Treatment of stimulant dependence / David Ockert, Armin R. Baier and Edgar E. Coons
      Ch. 11. Family treatment of substance abuse / Jeffrey R. McIntyre
      Ch. 12. Treating the partners of substance abusers / Elizabeth Zelvin
      Ch. 13. Dynamics and treatment issues with children of drug and alcohol abusers / Roberta Markowitz
      Ch. 14. Assessment and treatment of adolescent substance abusers / Audrey Freshman
      Ch. 15. Substance abuse problems among older adults / Kathleen J. Farkas
      Ch. 16. Assessment and intervention with alcohol- and drug-abusing women / Patricia A. Pape
      Ch. 17. Substance abusers with borderline disorders / Eda G. Goldstein
      Ch. 18. Treatment of gay, lesbian, and bisexual substance abusers / Evan Senreich and Elena Vairo
      Ch. 19. Substance abuse in homeless persons / Shelley Scheffler
      Ch. 20. HIV/AIDS and intravenous drug users : issues and treatment implications / Larry M. Gant and Diane Pincus Strom
      Ch. 21. Practice and policy issues / Shulamith Lala Ashenberg Straussner.
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