Implementing Evidence Based Practices for Treatment of Alcohol and - Drug Disorder

Informationen zum Autor Eldon Edmundson Jr., Dennis McCarty Klappentext Implementing Evidence-Based Practices for Treatment of Alcohol and Drug Disorders" provides managers and clinicians with results from Practice Improvement Collaboratives (PIC) that demonstrate how substance abuse treatment can be improved by increasing the exchange of knowledge between community-based service providers and the research community. The book examines improvement collaboratives and mentoring strategies for adopting and using evidence-based practices. Contributors address how to determine the best treatment processes to serve clients, how to deal with the hurdles faced in preparing and training counsellors, and how to affect the needed changes in agency activities. Zusammenfassung Provides results from Practice Improvement Collaboratives (PIC) that demonstrate how substance abuse treatment can be improved by increasing the exchange of knowledge between community-based service providers and the research community. This book is useful for alcohol and drug counsellors, and directors of alcohol and drug treatment clinics. Inhaltsverzeichnis Practice Improvement Collaboratives: An Overview; A Study on the Effectiveness of a Brief Motivational Enhancement Therapy Training; Substance Abuse Counseling: What Is Treatment as Usual?; Use of Opinion Leaders and Intensive Training to Implement Evidence-Based Co-Occurring Disorders Treatment in the Community; The Relationship Between Addictions Counselors' Clinical Orientations and Their Readiness to Change Counseling Techniques; Barriers to Implementation of an Evidence-Based Practice: The Example of Methadone Maintenance

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Jr. Edmundson
• Con la collaborazione di: Eldon Edmundson (Editore), Eldon Edmundson Jr (Editore), Eldon Edmundson Jr. (Editore), Dennis McCarty (Editore), McCarty Dennis (Editore)
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 04.05.2006
• EAN: 9780789031518
• ISBN: 978-0-7890-3151-8
• Pagine: 128
• Categorie: Saggistica > Psicologia, esoterismo, spiritualità, antroposofia > Psicologia: tematiche generali, opere di consultazione; Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Medicina > Branche cliniche; PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / General, PSYCHOLOGY / Psychopathology / Addiction, Addiction & therapy, Psychotherapy, Addiction and therapy