Best Practices : Substance Abuse Treatment and Rehabilitation

1999
ISBN: 0-662-26888-1
Cat. No.: H39-438/1998E

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Table of Contents

• Acknowledgements
• Introduction and Methodology
• 1. The Effectiveness of Specific Treatment Approaches
  1. Pharmacotherapies
  2. Behaviour therapies
  3. Psychotherapeutic approaches
  4. Other treatment approaches
• 2. Matching Clients with Treatments and Therapists
• 3. The Influence of Other Factors on Treatment Effectiveness
  1. Individual versus group treatment
  2. The influence of setting
  3. The effect of treatment duration
  4. The influence of aftercare
  5. Client factors
  6. Therapist and other program factors
  7. Mandated treatment
• 4. Special Populations
  1. General considerations
  2. Women
  3. Youth
  4. Seniors
  5. Clients with concurrent mental health problems
  6. Clients living with HIV/AIDS
• 5. Perspectives on Service Delivery Systems
  1. Elements of a substance abuse treatmen t system
  2. Who seeks help for alcohol and other drug problems
  3. Coordination issues in a substance abuse treatment system
  4. Case management
  5. Self-help/mutual aid groups
• 6. Economic Benefits of Substance Abuse Treatment
• 7. Issues and Limitations Concerning Research to Date
• 8. General Conclusion and Summary of Best Practices
• 9. Glossary of Treatment Definitions
• 10. References