Includes bibliographical references (p. 336-361) and index.
Contents:
Preface -- 1. The role of the mental health professional in prevention and treatment -- The need for generalist training -- Philosophical orientation -- Attitudes and beliefs -- Denial, minimization, projection, and rationalization -- Helping attitudes and behaviors -- Overview of the book -- 2. Classification of drugs -- Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act -- The concept of dangerousness -- Definitions -- Central nervous system depressants -- Central nervous system stimulants -- Opioids -- Hallucinogens -- Cannabinols -- Inhalants and volatile hydrocarbons -- Anabolic steroids -- Club drugs -- Drugs used in the treatment of mental disorders -- Additional reading -- 3. Models of addiction -- The moral model -- Sociocultural and psychological models of addiction -- Disease concept of addiction -- Biopsychosocial model of addiction -- Summary -- 4. Culturally and ethnically diverse groups -- Native Americans and Alaska Natives -- Asian Americans -- African Americans -- Latino and Hispanic populations -- Helping culturally and ethnically diverse populations -- Summary -- 5. Assessment and diagnosis -- Definitions of use, misuse, abuse, and dependence or addiction -- Psychosocial history -- Signs of adolescent substance abuse -- Self-report inventories -- Referral -- Diagnosis -- Summary -- 6. Client engagement and brief interventions -- Client engagement -- Motivational interviewing -- Brief interventions -- Summary -- 7. Treatment of AOD problems -- How many are in treatment? How many need treatment? -- What happens in treatment? -- Treatment strategies and techniques -- Treatment settings -- Principles of effective treatment -- Treatment and special populations -- Treatment effectiveness -- Client-treatment matching -- Special problems in treatment -- Summary -- 8. Relapse prevention and recovery -- Need for generalist training in relapse prevention -- Definition of slip and relapse -- Frequency of slips and relapse -- Is relapse in addiction similar to other chronic conditions? -- Models of relapse prevention -- Essential components of relapse prevention -- Preventing slips from escalating -- Recovery -- Summary -- 9. Twelve-step and other types of support groups -- Alcoholics Anonymous -- Other twelve-step groups -- Advantages and disadvantages of twelve-step groups -- Other types of support groups -- Summary -- 10. Families -- Family homeostasis -- Roles -- Family rules -- Underlying family themes -- Family subsystems and boundaries -- Intergenerational transmission of alcohol -- Women and alcoholism -- Stepfamilies : system and structure -- Helping families -- BaroĢns integrative cross-cultural model (ICM) -- Summary -- 11. Children, adult children, and codependency -- Children of alcoholics (COAs) -- Children interpersonally exposed to alcohol and drug abuse -- Adult children of alcoholics (ACOAs) -- Assessment and treatment considerations -- ACOA and diversity -- Codependency -- Definitions of codependency -- Characteristics of codependent individuals -- Implications for mental health professionals -- Relationship of ACOA, AA, Al-Anon, and codependency -- Codependency and diversity -- Summary -- 12. HIV/AIDS -- Incidence and prevalence -- Myths and facts about HIV and AIDS -- Risk factors and high-risk populations -- Risk factors for women -- Assessment of clients for HIV and AIDS : signs and symptoms -- Helping HIV-infected clients -- HIV-related issues specific to the helping professional -- Summary -- 13. Gambling and other addictions -- Prevalence of gambling and gambling problems -- Definitions of gamblers and problem gambling -- Assessment and diagnosis -- Treatment, resources, and support -- Other addictions -- Food addiction : the eating disorders -- Addiction to sex and love -- Internet addiction -- Addiction to work : workaholism -- Assessment and treatment issues -- Summary -- 14. Prevention -- Why are prevention efforts needed? -- Policy issues in prevention -- Prevention classification systems -- What works in prevention -- Prevention resources -- Summary -- 15. Confidentiality and ethical issues -- Confidentiality : 42 Code of Federal Regulations, Part 2 (42 CFR) -- Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) -- Documentation -- Ethics -- Application of confidentiality regulations -- Summary -- References -- Index.
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