Full Description
There is a clear and pressing need for health professionals, including social workers, to be trained in evidence-based practices (EBPs) in the area of substance use disorders (SUD). The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and other national organizations and government agencies have all put out reports calling for this vital need, though there remains a significant shortage of properly trained clinicians. The aim of this book is to provide an integrated perspective on addiction treatment on the evidence-base of psychosocial and medication-assisted treatment for substance use disorder. The volume is unique in that it critically examines the evidence base of both psychosocial and pharmacological treatment practices targeting a profession of social work audience. It is also one of few that (1) incorporates evidence both from the United States and internationally, and (2) presents a methodology that permits the authors to systematically review a large number of empirically based studies in an organized and easy-to-read manner. Additionally, the text incorporates a health disparities perspective and describes implementation barriers at the organizational, community, and policy levels. It can be used in policy, human behavior, and clinical practice both nationally and internationally.
Contents
Preface
SECTION ONE: Context: Historical Background, Theoretical Frameworks, Current Policy, Treatment Disparities, and the Movement Toward Integrated Care
Chapter 1: Historical Background
Chapter 2: Theoretical Frameworks
Chapter 3: Current Policy-Treatment Disparities and the Movement Toward Integration of Behavioral Health and Health Care
SECTION TWO: The Treatment Process: Screening, Assessment, Treatment, and Continuity of Care
Chapter 4: The Evidence Base for Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT), and Examples of Screening and Assessment Instruments
Chapter 5: The Treatment Process: Motivational Techniques to Promote Treatment Entry and Use
Chapter 6: The Treatment Process: Common Psycho-Social Interventions for the Treatment of SUD
Chapter 7: The Treatment Process: Common Evidence-Based Behavioral Treatments for Co-Occurring Mental Health (MH) and SUD
Chapter 8: Medication Assisted Drug Treatment (MAT)/Pharmacological Therapies
Chapter 9: The Treatment Process: The Evidence-Base of Technology for the Treatment of SUD
Chapter 10: EBPs and Continuity of Care
Conclusions
