The Effectiveness of Innovative Approaches in the Treatment of Drug Abuse
Published on 28. January 1997
Book
Hardback
280 pages
978-0-313-30065-3 (ISBN)
Description
This edited collection builds on the editors' previous works Drug Abuse Treatment: The Implementation of Innovative Approaches (Greenwood, 1994) and Innovative Approaches in the Treatment of Drug Abuse: Program Models and Strategies (Greenwood, 1993). This new book carries the study further by looking at the effectiveness of these treatment approaches. The essays represent an effort to systematically integrate science and practice in order to improve drug abuse treatment.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
584 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-313-30065-3 (9780313300653)
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FRANK M. TIMS is Deputy Chief, Treatment Research Branch, National Institute on Drug Abuse.
JAMES A. INCIARDI is Director of the Center for Drug and Alcohol Studies and Professor of Sociology and Criminal Justice at the University of Delaware.
BENNETT W. FLETCHER's primary work at the National Institute on Drug Abuse has been in developing large-scale longitudinal drug treatment evaluation research, including the Drug Abuse Treatment Outcome Study.
ARTHUR MACNEILL HORTON, JR. is a Research Psychologist/Project Officer in the Treatment Research Branch of the Division of Clinical Research of the National Institute on Drug Abuse.
Previous books by these editors include Drug Abuse Treatment: The Implementation of Innovative Approaches (Greenwood, 1994) and Innovative Approaches in the Treatment of Drug Abuse: Program Models and Strategies (Greenwood, 1993).
JAMES A. INCIARDI is Director of the Center for Drug and Alcohol Studies and Professor of Sociology and Criminal Justice at the University of Delaware.
BENNETT W. FLETCHER's primary work at the National Institute on Drug Abuse has been in developing large-scale longitudinal drug treatment evaluation research, including the Drug Abuse Treatment Outcome Study.
ARTHUR MACNEILL HORTON, JR. is a Research Psychologist/Project Officer in the Treatment Research Branch of the Division of Clinical Research of the National Institute on Drug Abuse.
Previous books by these editors include Drug Abuse Treatment: The Implementation of Innovative Approaches (Greenwood, 1994) and Innovative Approaches in the Treatment of Drug Abuse: Program Models and Strategies (Greenwood, 1993).
Content
Introduction: An Overview of the Applied Evaluation Research Portfolio by Frank M. Tims, Bennett W. Fletcher, James A. Inciardi, and Arthur M. Horton, Jr. Methadone Programs The Effectiveness of the Los Angeles Enhanced Methadone Maintenance Project: Reducing HIV Risk among Injection Drug Users by Christine E. Grella et al. Outcomes of Innovations to Improve Retention on Methadone by James F. Maddux Evaluating the Effectiveness of Mobile Drug Abuse Treatment by Joseph V. Brady, Karst J. Besteman, and Lawrence Greenfield Residential Programs Outcomes of Four Residential Treatment Models--Project IMPACT by Jane McCusker et al. CREST Outreach Center: A Model for Blending Treatment and Corrections by Dorothy Lockwood, James A. Inciardi, and Hilary L. Surratt Homeless, Mentally Ill, Chemical Abusing Men in Different, Community Based, Treatment Programs by Michael Rahav et al. Case Management Programs The Effectiveness of Case Management in Working with Intravenous Drug Users by Cheryl L. Mejta et al. Case Management for Drug Involved Parolees: It Proved to Be a Hard ACT to Follow, by Steven S. Martin et al. Treatment Induction and Case Management: Two Promising Drug Treatment Enhancements by Harvey A. Siegal et al. Multi-Modality and Other Eclectic Programs Therapeutic Community Methods in Methadone-Maintenance (Passages): An Empirical Evaluation by George De Leon et al. Improving Retention and Outcome in the Treatment of Cocaine Addiction by Kimberly C. Kirby et al. The DATAR Project: Cognitive and Behavioral Enhancements to Community-Based Treatments by D. Dwayne Simpson, Donald F. Dansereau, and George W. Joe The Effectiveness of a Day Treatment Therapeutic Community by Joseph Guydish et al. The Comprehensive Vocational Enhancement Program: Results of a Five-Year Research/Demonstration Project by Paula H. Kleinman et al. The Effect of Treatment on High Risk Sexual Behaviors and Substance Use: St. Louis' Effort to Reduce the Spread of AIDS Among Injection Drug Users by Linda B. Cottler, Renee M. Cunningham, and Wilson M. Compton, III Index About the Contributors