Changing Substance Abuse Through Health and Social Systems

by William R. Miller (Editor), Constance M. Weisner (Editor)

Overview

In both developed nations and the developing world, there is a clear trend towards addressing alcohol, tobacco, and other drug problems through health and social services. There are several persuasive arguments for this shift beyond pure economics, which include comorbidity, cost effectiveness, coordination of care and effectiveness.

This is the first volume to pull together effective methods that can be used for addressing substance abuse through health and social service systems. It also integrates interventions for a range of drugs of abuse, rather than focusing on only one (such as alcohol). The book's international perspective also makes this a unique contribution to the existing literature.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781461351863
Publisher:	Springer US
Publication date:	09/21/2012
Edition description:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2002
Pages:	260
Product dimensions:	7.01(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.02(d)

Table of Contents

A. Three Questions.- 1. What is the Scope of the Problem and Its Impact on Health and Social Systems?.- 2. Is “Treatment” the Right Way to Think about It?.- 3. Questioning the Effectiveness of Addiction Treatments: What is the Evidence?.- B. Intervening Through Health Care Systems.- 4. Intervening through Primary Health Care.- 5. Intervening through the Emergency Department and Trauma Center.- 6. Establishing and Maintaining Evidence-Based Treatment in Community Programs.- 7. Intervening through Pharmacy Services.- 8. The Case of Tobacco.- C. Intervening Through Mental Health Services.- 9. Interrelationship of Substance Abuse with Mental Health Problems.- 10. Integrating Substance Abuse and Mental Health Treatment: A Meta-Analytic Review.- D. Intervening Through Social Systems.- 11. Interrelationship of Substance Abuse and Social Problems.- 12. Intervening through the Social Welfare System: A Proposed Contingency Management Program with Implications for Workfare Planning.- 13. Intervening through the School System.- 14. Substance Abuse Treatment and Corrections.- 15. Missing Work: The Decline in Infrastructure and Support for Workplace Alcohol Intervention in the United States, with Implications for Developments in Other Nations.- 16. Intervening through Social Support Networks.- 17. Substance Abuse among Displaced and Indigenous Peoples.- E. Conclusions.- 18. Integrated Care: The Need for Evidence-Based Policy, Prevention, and Treatment.