Full Description
Using first-hand experience, the author presents a practical treatment approach, originally designed for crack patients, but generally applicable to chemical dependency problems. It also explains the social, biological and psychological factors in crack addiction and various barriers to treatment.
Contents
1: Crack; 1: Societal Demand, the Art of Drug Distribution, and the Pharmacology of Crack; 2: DSM-III-R; 3: Psychosocial Characteristics of the Crack Dependent; 2: Theory and Implications for Clinical Technique; 4: Pharmacological Approaches; 5: Psychoanalytic Approaches; 6: Behavioral Approaches; 7: Case Examples; 3: Crack-Treatment Models; 8: What Works for Crack-Cocaine Smokers in Treatment?; 9: What Treatments Are Promising for Crack Smokers?; 4: Clinical Technique in the Assessment Phase; 10: The Clinical Interview; 11: Clinical Techniques to Engage the Ambivalent Crack user in Treatment; 5: Clinical Technique in the Treatment Phase; 12: Clearing Obstacles to Effective Treatment of the Chemically Dependent; 13: The Need for a Multifaceted Technique To Address Multideterminants of Relapse; 14: A Model of Relapse Prevention; 15: Conclusion
