Changing substance abuse through health and social systems /

In both developed nations and the developing world, there is a clear trend towards addressing alcohol, tobacco, and other drug problems through health and social services. There are several persuasive arguments for this shift beyond pure economics, which include comorbidity, cost effectiveness, coor...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	International Conference on Treatment of Addictive Behaviors Cape Town, South Africa, SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors:	Miller, William R. (William Richard) (Editor), Weisner, Constance Meyer (Editor)
Format:	Conference Proceeding eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2002.
Subjects:	Substance abuse > Treatment > Congresses. Alcoholism > Treatment > Congresses. Alcoholics > Services for > Congresses. Addicts > Services for > Congresses. Substance-Related Disorders > therapy > Congresses. Alcoholism > therapy > Congresses. Behavior, Addictive > therapy > Congresses. Health Services > Congresses. Social Welfare > Congresses. Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

What is the scope of the problem and its impact on health and social systems? / Constance Weisner
Is "treatment" the right way to think about it? / William R. Miller
Questioning the effectiveness of addiction treatments : what is the evidence? / A. Thomas McLellan
Intervening through primary health care / Stephen Rollnick and Michelle Boycott
Intervening through the emergency department and trauma center / Carol R. Schermer
Establishing and maintaining evidence-based treatment in community programs / Robert J. Meyers and Natasha Slesnick
Intervening through pharmacy services / Ernest J. Dole
The case of tobacco / Judith K. Ockene and Lori Pbert
Interrelationship of substance abuse with mental health problems / Melanie E. Bennett
Integrating substance abuse and mental health treatment : a meta-analytic review / Nancy S. Handmaker and Robert Anderson
Interrelationship of substance abuse and social problems / Susan J. Rose and Allen Zweben
Intervening through the social welfare system : a proposed contingency management program with implications for workfare planning / Sonja Frison and Jesse B. Milby
Intervening through the school system / Alan J. Flisher, Andraé Brawn, and Wanjirû Mukoma
Substance abuse treatment and corrections / Craig T. Love
Missing work : the decline in infrastructure and support for workplace alcohol intervention in the United States, with implications for developments in other nations / Paul M. Roman
Intervening through social support networks / Jane Ellen Smith, Denise Laframbroise, and Joyce Bittinger
Substance abuse among displaced and indigenous peoples / Mikyta Daugherty, William H. James, Craig T. Love, and William R. Miller
Integrated care : the need for evidence-based policy, prevention, and treatment / William R. Miller and Constance Weisner.