Motivating Substance Abusers to Enter Treatment

Filling a crucial need, this book presents a time- and cost-effective therapy program oriented to the concerned significant other (CSO) who wants to motivate a family member or partner to seek help. Community Reinforcement and Family Training (CRAFT) is a nonconfrontational approach that teaches CSOs how to change their own behavior in order to reward sobriety, discourage substance use, and ultimately to help get the substance abuser into treatment. The CSO also gains valuable skills for problem solving and self-care. Step-by-step instructions for implementing CRAFT are accompanied by helpful case examples and reproducibles.

ISBN 1593856466   Pages 289 ISBN13 9781593856465 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher Guilford Publications   Weight (grammes) 420 Imprint Guilford Publications   Published in New York Format Paperback   Height (mm) 228 Publication date 10 Jan 2008   Width (mm) 160 Library of Congress RC564   Spine width (mm) 17 DEWEY 362.29   Academic level Undergraduate, Postgraduate DEWEY edition DC22

"What can you do for people with a substance-abusing loved one who refuses to get help? Quite a lot, as it turns out... Smith and Meyers describe the CRAFT method that they have shown to be highly effective not only in reducing family members' distress, but also in getting their loved one into treatment. Their clearly written and well-organized narrative provides step-by-step guidelines for delivering this evidence-based approach." - William R. Miller, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of New Mexico, USA "I wish I had had this book years ago to give my staff in the alcoholism treatment clinic, and I also recommend it to counselors and therapists in more general settings. An invaluable contribution!" - Carlo C. DiClemente, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Maryland--Baltimore County, USA "This book is 'must' reading for all current and future practitioners in the field of substance abuse, and should be a required text in master's-level substance abuse courses in clinical psychology, social work, and other helping professions." - Allen Rubin, PhD, School of Social Work, University of Texas at Austin, USA "Years of research show that the approach described in this book works. CRAFT is more effective than our traditional methods for dealing with this difficult clinical challenge." - Timothy O'Farrell, PhD, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, USA

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