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Evidence-based practice in the field of substance abuse : a book of readings
- Title
- Evidence-based practice in the field of substance abuse : a book of readings / Katherine van Wormer, Bruce A. Thyer, editors.
- Format
- Book
- Published
- Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage, c2010.
- Description
- ix, 299 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
- Other contributors
- Van Wormer, Katherine S. Thyer, Bruce A.
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Contents
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- Evidence-based practice in the area of substance abuse / Katherine van Wormer and Bruce A. Thyer
- Evidence-based practice and policy: choices ahead / Eileen Gambrill
- Assessment of youthful problem drinkers: validating the drinking context scale (DCS-9) with freshman first offenders / Thomas O'Hare and Margaret V. Sherrer
- Validating the alcohol use disorders identification test with persons who have a serious mental illness / Thomas O'Hare ... [et al.]
- The effects of PTSD on treatment adherence, drug relapse, and criminal recidivism in a sample of incarcerated men and women / Sheryl Pimlott Kubiak
- A gender-specific pathway to serious, violent, and chronic offending? Exploring Howell's risk factors for serious delinquency / Pernilla Johansson and Kimberly Kempf-Leonard
- Parent-centered intervention: a practical approach for preventing drug abuse in Hispanic adolescents / Maria I. Tapia ... [et al.]
- Women and alcohol-use disorders: a review of important knowledge and its implications for social work practitioners / Brad R. Karoll
- Effects of coordinated services for drug-abusing women who are victims of intimate partner violence / Larry Bennett and Patricia O'Brien
- The life course perspective on drug use: a conceptual framework for understanding drug use trajectories / ih-Ing Hser, Douglas Longshore, and M. Douglas Anglin
- Motivational interviewing to affect behavioral change in older adults / Sherry M. Cummings, R. Lyle Cooper, and Kim McClure Cassie
- Treatment approaches for drug addiction / National Institute on Drug Abuse
- Methamphetamine abuse in the United States: contextual, psychological, and sociological considerations / Michael T. Shrem and Perry N. Halkitis
- Housing first services for people who are homeless with co-occurring serious mental illness and substance abuse / Deborah K. Padgett, Leyla Gulcur, and Sam Tsemberis
- Harm reduction: a model for social work practice with adolescents / Katherine van Wormer
- Secondary prevention services for clients who are low risk in drug court: a conceptual model / Davis S. DeMatteo, Douglas B. Marlowe, and David S. Festiner
- The way forward: from research to practice / Katherine van Wormer and Bruce A. Thyer.
- Summary
- "This one-of-a-kind anthology presents state-of-the-art material to help researchers better understand which interventions work and why, and it includes editorial commentary and critical thinking questions for each selection. The editors have organized this volume according to the process of evidence-based practice - introduction to evidence-based practice, assessment, gender-based and culturally sensitive interventions, treatment issues and innovations, and policy considerations. Connecting science and clinical research to the practical needs of persons with substance and mental health disorders, this volume is a groundbreaking resource for those who need empirically based material on treatment innovations."--Book jacket.
- Subject headings
- Substance abuse--Treatment. Evidence-based social work.
- ISBN
- 9781412975773 (pbk.) 1412975778 (pbk.)