Substance Abuse and the New Road to Recovery

Substance misuse is one of the more common, yet baffling, problems confronting the practising mental health professional today. The issues involved in the misuse of substances can be so complex that some practitioners are inclined to avoid working with clients who have been diagnosed with a drug abuse problem.; This new guidebook is designed to assist clinicians with the task of conceptualizing, understanding and intervening with persons who abuse substances. It accomplishes this by offering practical suggestions, assessment procedures, and change strategies directed at the thoughts, feelings and behaviours believed to support a drug lifestyle. Although the approach described in this book utilizes a number of cognitive-behavioural techniques, the approach is unique in the sense that it also deals with the fear of change that frequently interferes with a client's ability to benefit from therapy. It also considers change strategies used by people who have escaped from a drug lifestyle without any type of treatment or formal intervention.; Momentarily arresting the lifestyle is the first step of intervention. This is followed by skill development in which the conditions, choices and cognitions associated with a drug lifestyle are targeted for intervention and change. In the final phase of this approach, the client is engaged in the resocialization process whereby he or she is encouraged to develop ways of thinking and behaving that are incompatible with continued misuse of psychoactive substances. The end result is a concise, yet comprehensive, examination of ways clinicans might facilitate change in persons previously committed to a drug lifestyle.

ISBN 1560324287   DEWEY edition DC20 ISBN13 9781560324287 (What's this?)   Pages 200 Publisher Taylor & Francis Inc   Volumes 001 Imprint Taylor & Francis Inc   Weight (grammes) 320 Format Paperback   Published in Washington Publication date 22 Feb 1996   Height (mm) 230 Library of Congress HV5825.W38   Width (mm) 159 DEWEY 616.86   Academic level Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Professional / Scholarly

		Preface
Ch. 1		Introduction: In Search of the Path Less Traveled		1
Ch. 2		An Overview of Lifestyle Theory		9
Ch. 3		Arresting the Lifestyle		25
Ch. 4		Skill Development: Condition-Based Strategies		41
Ch. 5		Skill Development: Choice-Based Strategies		57
Ch. 6		Skill Development: Cognition-Based Strategies		77
Ch. 7		Resocialization and Effective Aftercare		99
Ch. 8		Practice, Application, and Usage		113
		References		129
		Appendix 1: Participant Handbook		141
		Appendix 2: Drug Lifestyle Screening Interview (DLSI)		149
		Appendix 3: Administration and Scoring Key for DLSI		152
		Appendix 4: Inventory of Negative Consequences		155
		Appendix 5: LOCUS Test		157
		Appendix 6: Change Thermometer		159
		Appendix 7: Estimated Self-Efficacy in Avoiding Drugs		160
		Appendix 8: Imagery Exercise Questionnaire		163
		Appendix 9: Self-Monitoring of Drug-Related Thoughts and Behaviors		165
		Appendix 10: Sample Behavioral Contract		166
		Appendix 11: Lifestyle Stress Test		169
		Appendix 12: Drug-Related Cues Checklist		171
		Appendix 13: Access to Drug Use		173
		Appendix 14: Interpersonal Influence Scale		175
		Appendix 15: Suggested Role Plays for Social Perspective Taking		177
		Appendix 16: Multiple Options Analysis		178
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