Treating Addictive Behaviors

by Miller, William R.; Heather, Nick

• ISBN13: 9780306484506
• ISBN10: 0306484501
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-05-30
• Publisher: Plenum Pub Corp

Summary

Organized around the stages of change described in the transtheoretical model by Prochaska and DiClemente, the new edition of this superb text features over 90% new material and covers practical, up-to-date strategies for the treatment of addictions and compulsive behaviors.New material includes: -advantages and disadvantages of the transtheoretical model for how people change -five contemporary conceptual/theoretical perspectives on why people change -where to start with polyproblem clients -predictors of long-term success -strategies for continuing care, and more.

Table of Contents

I The Transtheoretical Model of Change	1	(46)
1. Toward a Comprehensive, Transtheoretical Model of Change: Stages of Change and Addictive Behaviors	3	(22)
Carlo C. DiClemente and James O. Prochaska
2. The Transtheoretical Model: A Critical Overview	25	(14)
Robin Davidson
3. Comments, Criteria, and Creating Better Models	39	(8)
James O. Prochaska and Carlo C. DiClemente
II Understanding Change: Five Perspectives	47	(72)
4. Readiness, Importance, and Confidence: Critical Conditions of Change in Treatment	49	(12)
Stephen Rollnick
5. Self-Regulation and the Addictive Behaviors	61	(14)
Janice M. Brown
6. Alcohol Motivations as Outcome Expectancies	75	(18)
Barry T. Jones and John McMahon
7. Choice, Behavioral Economics, and Addictive Behavior Patterns	93	(12)
Rudy E. Vuchinich and Jalie A. Tucker
8. Policy Change as a Means for Reducing the Prevalence and Impact of Alcoholism, Smoking, and Obesity	105	(14)
Katherine Battle Horgen and Kelly D. Brownell
III Preparing for Change	119	(68)
9. Enhancing Motivation for Change	121	(12)
William R. Miller
10. Using Brief Opportunities for Change in Medical Settings	133	(16)
Nick Heather
11. Working through the Concerned Significant Other	149	(14)
Robert J. Meyers, Jane Ellen Smith, and Erica J. Miller
12. Finding the Right Approach	163	(10)
Margaret E. Mattson
13. Deciding where to Start: Working with Polyproblem Individuals	173	(14)
James R. McKay and A. Thomas McLellan
IV Facilitating Change	187	(112)
14. Guiding Self-Change	189	(14)
Mark B. Sobell and Linda C. Sobell
15. A Wealth of Alternatives: Effective Treatments for Alcohol Problems	203	(14)
William R. Miller, Nichole R. Andrews, Paula Wilbourne, and Melanie E. Bennett
16. Treating Drug Dependence: Recent Advances and Old Truths	217	(14)
Kathleen M. Carroll
17. Treating Eating Disorders	231	(14)
Katharine L. Loeb and G. Terence Wilson
18. Strategies for Tobacco Cessation	245	(14)
David A.F. Haaga and Lindsey Kirk
19. Treating Pathological Gambling	259	(12)
Vanessa C. López Viets
20. Treating the Family	271	(14)
Holly Barrett Waldron and Natasha Slesnick
21. Mutual-Help Groups: Research and Clinical Implications	285	(14)
J. Scott Tonigan and Radka T. Toscova
V Sustaining Change	299	(54)
22. What Predicts Success?	301	(16)
Verner S. Westerberg
23. Continuing Care: Promoting the Maintenance of Change	317	(20)
Dennis M. Donovan
24. Sustaining Change: Helping Those Who Are Still Using	337	(16)
Kenneth R. Weingardt and G. Alan Marlatt
Index	353