Managing Your Drug or Alcohol Problem - Softcover

Daley, Dennis C.; Marlatt, G. Alan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0195183754 ISBN 13: 9780195183757

Publisher: Graywind Publications, 2004

Synopsis

Designed to educate clients on effective lifestyle management, this program focuses on client education and teaching clients how to manage craving and reduce the risk of relapse. The client learns about the nature of their problem, underlying causes, and effective cognitive coping strategies by which to take control of their lives and initiate positive change. This Therapist Guide reviews practical issues in the assessment and treatment of all types of substance abuse disorders. The information and recovery strategies can be used with clients who abuse or are dependent on alcohol, sedatives, tobacco, cocaine, methamphetamiens and other stimulants, heroin and other opioids, cannabis, hallucinogens, and inhalants. The guide provides clinicians with strategies for working with substance abuse disorders by focusing on specific issues involved in both stopping substance abuse and changing behaviors or lifestyle aspects that contribute to continued substance abuse. The information presented in this guide is derived from several sources: empirical, clinical, and self-help literature, as well as the authors' many years of experience developing treatment programs and providing direct treatment services.

About this title

About the Author

Dennis C. Daley is director of the Center for Psychiatric and Chemical Dependency Services and an assistant professor of psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Department of Psychiatry, and at Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic in Pittsburgh. Mr. Daley has been involved in managing and providing treatment services for alcohol and drug problems for two decades. He has published many family and client educational books, workbooks, and videotapes on recovery from alcohol and drug problems, recovery from psychiatric disorders, recovery from dual disorders, and relapse prevention. Mr. Daley teaches on these subjects throughout the United States and other countries. He is also involved in several federally funded research projects on treatment of cocaine addiction and the treatment of dual disorders. Mr. Daley authored the highly successful Living Sober Interactive Videotape Series and the Promise of Recovery Educational Videotape Series.

Edition details

• Publisher: Graywind Publications
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0195183754
• ISBN 13: 9780195183757
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160