Social Work with Addictions
Published on 14. December 1994
Book
Paperback/Softback
205 pages
978-0-333-58441-5 (ISBN)
Description
Social Work With Addictions shows the reader how to facilitate change in drug abusers. The book locates addictive behaviour within a set of interacting systems, taking the wider social context into account in its discussion of the individual with a problem. The practical implications of approaching addiction in this way are explored and methods are explained for working with individuals whose orientation towards treatment can vary from steadfast resistance to desperation for a solution. The methods described are particularly suited to generalist health and welfare workers who confront drug addiction in the course of some other, often more pressing problem such as domestic violence or homelessness.
More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Basingstoke
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (UK-trade)
Dimensions
Height: 214 mm
Width: 136 mm
Weight
284 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-333-58441-5 (9780333584415)
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Content
Preface - List of Figures - List of Tables - Preface - DRUGS AND DRUG ADDICTION - What is a Drug? - What is Addiction?: Addiction as a Disease; Addiction as Learned Behaviour - A Social Work Practice Model - A SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE MODEL - The Stages of Change - The Social Work Perspective - A Social Work Approach to Addictions - PRECONTEMPLATION - On Victims, Persecutors and Rescuers - Feedback and Advice - Environmental Contingencies - Partner Interventions - FROM CONTEMPLATION TO DETERMINATION - Helping the Contemplator Decide - Promoting Motivation for Change - ACTION STRATEGIES - Fundamental Principles in the Behavioural Treatment of Addictions - A Ten-Step Intervention Plan for the Modification of Drinking and Drug-Taking Behaviour - A Programmed Instruction Manual for Clients - Brief Intervention Methods - Gender and Ethnic Sensitive Treatment - MAINTENANCE - Psychological Interventions - Interventions at the Level of Family, Work and Social Support Networks - Interventions at the Level of Social Policy and the Popular Culture - EVALUATION - The Principles of Programme Evaluation - Political Issues in Programme Evaluation - References - Index