Clinical Psychology and Psychiatry Arena

Responding to Drug Misuse

Research and Policy Priorities in Health and Social Care

• Edited by Susanne MacGregor.

Published September 2009

Responding to Drug Misuse provides a unique insight into the current shape of the drugs treatment system in England. Reporting findings from research linked to the government's ten year drugs strategy Tackling Drugs to Build a Better Britain, the book places these in the context of policy,…
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Solution-Focused Substance Abuse Treatment

• By Teri Pichot, and Sara A. Smock.

Published March 2009

Solution-Focused Substance Abuse Treatment describes the standard of care for substance abuse treatment, demonstrates how solution-focused brief therapy exceeds this standard, and shows how it can effectively be used in substance abuse evaluation, case management, and both individual and group…
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Stress, Trauma and Substance Use

• Edited by Brian E Bride, and Samuel A MacMaster.

Published February 2009

The editors of Stress, Trauma, and Substance Use have gathered a collection of innovative chapters written by cutting edge researchers that depict both the breadth of the relationships between stress, trauma, and substance use, as well as how closely these phenomena are all too often linked.…
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Overcoming Problematic Alcohol and Drug Use

A Guide for Beginning the Change Process

• By Jeremy M. Linton.

Published September 2007

Overcoming Problematic Alcohol and Drug Use is a workbook for use with clients in treatment, informed by the most current research and literature in the substance abuse field. Offering a field-tested alternative to the disease model of addiction, the book introduces a six-session curriculum for…
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Clinical Handbook of Co-existing Mental Health and Drug and Alcohol Problems

• Edited by Amanda Baker, and Richard Velleman.
• Foreword by Wayne Hall, and Michael Farrell.

Published January 2007

Co-existing mental health and drug and alcohol problems occur frequently in primary care and clinical settings. Despite this, health professionals rarely receive training in how to detect, assess and formulate interventions for co-existing problems and few clinical guidelines exist. This Handbook…
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Coping with Alcohol and Drug Problems

The Experiences of Family Members in Three Contrasting Cultures

• By Jim Orford, Guillermina Natera, Alex Copello, Carol Atkinson, Jazmin Mora, Richard Velleman, Ian Crundall, Marcela Tiburcio, Lorna Templeton and Gwen Walley.

Published September 2005

What difference does culture make? Coping with Alcohol and Drug Problems: The Experiences of Family Members in Three Contrasting Cultures aims to deepen and extend understanding of the experiences of family members trying to cope with the excessive drinking or drug taking of a…
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Heroin Addiction and The British System

Volume II Treatment & Policy Responses

• Edited by Michael Gossop, and John Strang.

Published December 2004

The British system of dealing with drug addiction is notable for its flexibility and its capacity to adapt to changing circumstances. Because of this it has attracted considerable international interest, although it is rarely fully understood or accurately represented.Presenting a comprehensive…
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Illicit Drugs

Use and Control

• By Adrian Barton.

Published April 2003

Illicit drugs and their use are now, more than ever, a dominant concern of politicians, policy makers and the general public. Often, our understandings of the 'drug problem' tend to be uni-dimensional and based around particular areas of risk: drug related crime, dependency and ill-health.…
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Heroin Century

• By Tom Carnwath, and Ian Smith.

Published March 2002

Heroin is a drug that myths are made of. Whether smuggled in the stomach of a camel or used as the ultimate symbol of lifestyle chic, no drug has been more argued over and legislated against, no drug has been more subject to misinformation and moral panic.Heroin Century sets the record straight. It…
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Drug Misuse and Motherhood

• Edited by Marcia Jackson, Hilary Klee and Suzan Lewis.

Published November 2001

The growing use of illicit drugs among women has become a major concern for health professionals and social services. The reluctance of drug-using women to seek help from drug agencies and to disclose their use of drugs to ante-natal, midwifery and social services is now officially recognised by…
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