Addiction Treatment: A Strengths Perspective

Diane Rae Davis, Ph.D., is Professor Emeritus in the School of Social Work and Human Services at Eastern Washington University. She has taught a variety of substance misuse and practice courses in the MSW program and has researched and written extensively on addiction and the recovery process. In addition to ADDICTION TREATMENT: A STRENGTHS PERSPECTIVE, she has published TAKING BACK YOUR LIFE: WOMEN AND PROBLEM GAMBLING. Dr. Katherine Van Wormer, MSSW, Ph.D. is Professor Emerita of Social Work. She has taught in departments of sociology, social work and criminal justice and has over 20 years of experience in teaching and public service. Dr. Van Wormer was actively involved in the historic civil rights movements in North Carolina and Northern Ireland. She practiced substance misuse counseling for four and a half years, including two in Norway. Dr. Van Wormer has been publishing texts, book chapters and articles for over twenty years. In addition to ADDICTION TREATMENT: A STRENGTHS PERSPECTIVE, she has recently co-authored WOMEN AND THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM, SOCIAL WELFARE POLICY FOR A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE, and earlier, THE MAID NARRATIVES and numerous other books, including one on the nature of oppression and one as a co-editor on restorative justice. She has received several honors, including the McKay Faculty Research Award from the University of Northern Iowa and a distinguished service award from the human rights commission in Iowa.

Part I: INTRODUCTION.
1. The Nature of Addiction.
2. Historical Perspectives.
Part II: THE BIOLOGY OF ADDICTION.
3. Alcohol: Its Use and Misuse.
4. Drugs Other than Alcohol: Opioids, Meth, Cocaine, etc.
5. Substance Misuse with a Co-Occurring Mental Disorder.
6. Gambling, Eating Disorders, Spending, and Other Behavioral Addictions.
Part III: THE PSYCHOLOGY OF ADDICTION.
7. Addiction Across the Life Span.
8. Screening, Assessment and Diagnosis.
9. Strengths- and Evidence-Based Helping Strategies.
10. Mutual Help Groups and Spiritual/Religious Resources.
Part IV: THE SOCIAL ASPECTS OF ADDICTION.
11. Family Risks and Resiliencies.
12. Race, Ethnicity, Culture, and the Socioeconomic Determinants of Addiction.
13. Gender, Sexual, and Sexual Orientation Differences.
14. Public Policy.
Appendix.