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Book SynopsisAddiction Treatment provides a solid foundation for understanding addiction as a treatable illness and for establishing a framework for effective treatment in the twenty-first century.
Trade ReviewAn impressive and imperative read for students and professionals in the addiction field... Highly recommended. Choice 2008 Addiction Treatment provides a broad overview of where the field seems to be heading and achieves its goal by provoking debate over the best way to get there. JAMA 2008 The editors do an excellent job of putting together a collection of essays from leading experts in the field of addiction. The provocative essays and the way that the chapters are organized creates a book that is easy to read and will certainly stimulate thought and further discussion about what is possible for addiction treatment in the twenty-first century... An outstanding resource and is appropriate for students, health care professionals, researchers, policy makers, and laypersons interested in addiction science and health care policy. -- Mary E. Cooley Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco Newsletter 2008 The book does provoke thought and causes readers to contemplate a number of relevant questions. It will be most useful to those with a good understanding of both the science and public health policies surrounding the treatment for addictions. Doody's Review Service 2008 A valuable contribution to the literature. -- Christian Perring Metapsychology 2009 Addiction and Art may be the most important art book written this year. -- Bob Dugan Big Think
Table of ContentsList of Contributors
Preface
Introduction: Drug Addiction in America: Challenges and Opportunities
Part I. Treatment Models and Emerging Science
1. Is Addiction a Problem of Self-Control?
2. The P.R.I.M.E. Theory of Motivation as a Possible Foundation for the Treatment of Addiction
3. A Future for the Prevention and Treatment of Drug Abuse: Applications of Computer-Based Interactive Technology
4. Office-Based Treatment of Addiction and the Promise of Technology
5. High-Impact Paradigms for the Treatment of Addiction
6. New Approaches to the Treatment of Stimulant and Other Substance Abuse: A Behavorial Perspective
7. Using Diminished Autonomy over Tobacco Use to Identify Smokers in Need of Assistance with Cessation
8. New Directions for Tobacco Cessation Therapies
9. Could Nutritional Factors Influence the Development and Maintenance of Addiction to Nicotine?
Part II. Special Populations
10. Addiction and Pregnancy
11. Perspectives on the Risk-Benefit Ratio of Pharmacological Treatment for Adolescent Chemical Addiction
12. The Inhibitory Effect of Insurance Statutes on the Provision of Alcohol Screening and Intervention Services in Trauma Center
13. Addiction and Multiple Morbidities in HIV-Positive Patients
14. Providing Access to Treatment for Opiod Addiction in Jails and Prisons in the United States
15. Addiction Art and Science: Two Sides of Humanity
16. Addiction, Recovery, and Art: My Story
Part III: Health Care, Social, and Policy Issues
17. Advancing the Science Base for the Treatment of Addiction
18. "Going UPstream": Thoughts for Substance Abuse Professionals
19. In Praise of Stigma
20. Addiction as Disease: Policy, Epidemiology, and Treatment Consequences of a Bad Idea
21. Parsing the Future of Behavioral Intervention for Drug Abuse: Clinical Science and Policy
22. Protecting Patient Confidentiality in Alcohol and Drug Treatments
23. Deterring Sales and Marketing of Alcohol to Youth: The Role of Litigation
24. How Social Policy Can Foster Advances in the Treatment of Addiction: Tobacco Smoke Pollution and the Hospitality Industry as an Example
25. The Role of the Food and Drug Administration in Accelerating the Development and Release of New Medications for the Addictions
26. Smoking Status as the New Vital Sign: Progress and Challenges
Epilogue
Index
