The Addiction Counselor's Desk Reference (eBook)

ROBERT HOLMAN COOMBS, PhD, is Professor of Biobehavioral Sciences at UCLA School of Medicine, a Certified Addiction Specialist (CAS), and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He serves on the International Advisory Committee of the American Academy of Healthcare Providers in the Addictive Disorders and is author or editor of more than 200 publications, including eighteen books. WILLIAM A. HOWATT, PhD, EdD, is a faculty member of the Nova Scotia Community College School of Human Services. An Internationally Certified Addiction Specialist (ICAS), he recently completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the UCLA School of Medicine. Author of numerous publications, he is currently coediting (with Robert Holman Coombs) the Wiley Series on Treating Addictions.

Preface.

Acknowledgments.

PART I: ABUSED SUBSTANCES AND THEIR EFFECTS.

Abused Drugs.

Control Schedules for Abused Drugs.

PART II: CONCEPTUAL TOOLS.

Definitions of Addiction.

Characteristics of Addiction.

Types of Addictive Disorders.

Drug-Use Stages.

Levels of Drug Use.

Stages of Behavioral Change.

Prevention Types and Principles.

PART III: TREATMENT PLANNING AND ASSESSMENT RESOURCES.

Treatment Planning.

Assessment Resources.

Dual Diagnoses: Psychiatric Illness with Addiction.

PART IV: CLINICAL SKILLS AND RESOURCES.

Clinical Models.

Counseling Techniques.

Clinical Microskills.

Client Homework Exercises.

Client Health and Stress Management.

PART V: TREATMENT RESOURCES.

Addiction Recovery Tools.

Addiction Recovery Programs.

Harm Reduction Programs.

PART VI: PROFESSIONAL MANAGEMENT.

Record Keeping.

Crisis Management.

Difficult Clients.

Legal and Ethical Responsibilities.

PART VII: CAREER ENHANCEMENT RESOURCES.

Educational Resources.

Business Plan.

Wellness Plan.

Malpractice Insurance.

PART VIII: INFORMATION RESOURCES.

National and International Organizations.

Grant-Funding Resources.

Publishing Resources.

Drug Policy Advocates.

Glossary.

References.

Author Index.

Subject Index.

"...is an internationally known, classic work spanning 75 years
of research.... This book is laid out in a clear and
easy-to-use format that provides nearly all information an
addiction counselor might need in one resource." (The American
Reference Books Annual, March 2007)

"In the final analysis, the authors are to be commended for
bringing a compendium of information together in one volume."
(PsycCRITIQUES, 5/31/2006)