Managing Substance Use Disorder

Managing Substance Use Disorder: Your Substance Use Disorder: Client Workbook Practitioner Guide provides practical and empirically-based strategies for addressing and stopping substance use, and for changing daily lifestyle and behaviors that contribute to continued use. Healthcare practitioners in medical, psychiatric, addiction, and social services settings will find comprehensive information on substance use disorders, current trends, DSM-5 substance related disorders, and causes and effects of these disorders. Designed to accompany Managing Your Substance Use Disorder: Client Workbook, this manualized guide provides a detailed description of screening and assessment strategies and treatment approaches (medications and psychosocial), integrating evidenced-based interventions with the authors' extensive clinical experiences. Mutual support programs and the impact on the family and concerned significant others are also discussed, as are the most common challenges faced by individuals with a substance use disorder, such as managing cravings, resisting social pressures to use substances, coping with negative emotions and moods, building a social support network, involving family or concerned significant others, and reducing relapse risk. This expanded third edition also includes a new chapter on the management of co-occurring psychiatric disorders.

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