Managing Substance Use Disorder

The third edition of Managing Substance Use Disorder provides an evidence-based treatment protocol for all types of substance use disorders. Designed to accompany the Managing Your Substance Use Disorder: Workbook, this guide provides clinicians with valuable strategies for working with substance use disorders by focusing on specific issues involved in both stopping substance abuse and changing behaviors or lifestyle aspects that contribute to continued substance abuse.

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.

Overview of Substance Use Problems and Assessment
Chapter 1
Introductory Information for Practitioners
Chapter 2
Understanding Substance Use Problems
Chapter 3
Screening, Assessment, and Diagnosis
Treatment Settings and Approaches
Chapter 4
Treatment Settings for Substance Use Problems
Chapter 5
Psychosocial Therapies for Substance Use Disorders
Chapter 6
Medications for Substance Use Disorders
Change Issues and Strategies
Chapter 7
Stages of Change and Using Therapy or Counseling
Chapter 8
Goal Planning in Recovery
Chapter 9
Managing Cravings and Urges to Use Substances
Chapter 10
Managing Thoughts of Using Substances
Chapter 11
Managing Emotions
Chapter 12
Refusing Offers to Use Substances
Chapter 13
Dealing With Family and Interpersonal Problems
Chapter 14
Building a Recovery Support System
Chapter 15
Mutual Support Programs and Recovery Clubs
Assessing and Treating Co-occurring Psychiatric Disorders
Chapter 16
Assessment of Co-occurring Psychiatric Disorders
Chapter 17
Treatment of Co-occurring Psychiatric Disorders
Relapse Prevention and Progress Measurement
Chapter 18
Reducing the Risk of Relapse
Chapter 19
Relapse Management
Chapter 20
Strategies for Balanced Living
Chapter 21
Measuring Progress
Appendix
References and Suggested Readings
About the Authors