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The third edition of
Managing Your Substance Use Disorder provides the reader with practical information and skills to help them understand and change a drug or alcohol problem.
List of contents
- Overview of Substance Use Problems and Assessment
- Chapter 1: Introduction and Plan for This Workbook
- Chapter 2: Recognizing Your Substance Use Problem
- Chapter 3: Recognizing Consequences of Your Substance Use
- Change Issues and Strategies
- Chapter 4: Treatment Settings for Substance Use Problems
- Chapter 5: Stages of Change
- Chapter 6: How to Use Therapy or Counseling
- Chapter 7: Overview of Goal Planning
- Chapter 8: Managing Cravings and Urges to Use Substances
- Chapter 9: Managing Thoughts of Using Substances
- Chapter 10: Managing Emotions
- Chapter 11: Refusing Offers to Use Substances
- Chapter 12: Dealing With Family and Interpersonal Problems
- Chapter 13: Building a Recovery Support System
- Chapter 14: Mutual Support Programs and Recovery Clubs
- Chapter 15: Medications for Substance Use Disorders
- Relapse Prevention, Progress Measurement, and Co-occurring Psychiatric Disorders
- Chapter 16: Relapse Prevention: Reducing the Risk of Relapse
- Chapter 17: Relapse Management: What to Do if You Lapse or Relapse
- Chapter 18: Strategies for Balanced Living
- Chapter 19: Measuring Your Progress
- Chapter 20: Managing a Co-occurring Psychiatric Disorder
- Appendix
- References and Suggested Readings
- About the Authors
About the author
Dennis C. Daley, PhD, is Senior Clinical Director of Substance Use Services in the Behavioral Health Integration Division at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Insurance Division. He is also a Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Dr. Daley has been involved in clinical care, research, and teaching about addiction for nearly 40 years, and has been an investigator, consultant and trainer on numerous local and national studies funded by NIDA or NIAAA. One of the first experts in the US to publish interactive workbooks on recovery from addiction or co-occurring psychiatric disorders, Dr. Daley has advocated for decades for recovery for individuals and families affected by addiction, or co-occurring disorders. He also shares personal experiences dealing with addiction in his own family.
Antoine Douaihy, MD, is Professor of Psychiatry and Medicine, Senior Academic Director of Addiction Medicine Services and Addiction Psychiatry Fellowship at Western Psychiatric Hospital of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC), and Co-Director of the Tobacco Treatment Service of UPMC. His areas of clinical and research expertise are substance use disorders (SUDs) and SUDs co-occurring with psychiatric disorders in adults and adolescents, psychosocial interventions for the treatment of SUDs, smoking cessation, psychology of behavior change, and motivational interviewing. His research has been funded by NIAAA, NIDA, NIMH, SAMHSA, HRSA, and pharmaceutical companies.
Summary
The third edition of Managing Your Substance Use Disorder provides the reader with practical information and skills to help them understand and change a drug or alcohol problem.
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This is a terrific book by two authors, Dennis Daley and Antoine Douaihy, who are both well-known experts in the field. Its interactive nature, reader-friendly style, and up-to-date information about the best current evidence in the field, all add up to a valuable contribution to the literature. I highly recommend this book.
