Addiction Treatment

Jack E. Henningfield is an adjunct professor of behavioral biology at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and vice president for research and health policy at Pinney Associates, a consulting firm in Bethesda, Maryland, that specializes in science policy and regulatory issues concerning public health, medication development, and treatment of tobacco addiction. Patricia B. Santora is an assistant professor of psychiatry at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Warren K. Bickel is Wilbur D. Mills Chair of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Prevention and is the director of the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.

• List of ContributorsPrefaceIntroduction: Drug Addiction in America: Challenges and OpportunitiesPart I. Treatment Models and Emerging Science1. Is Addiction a Problem of Self-Control?2. The P.R.I.M.E. Theory of Motivation as a Possible Foundation for the Treatment of Addiction3. A Future for the Prevention and Treatment of Drug Abuse: Applications of Computer-Based Interactive Technology4. Office-Based Treatment of Addiction and the Promise of Technology5. High-Impact Paradigms for the Treatment of Addiction6. New Approaches to the Treatment of Stimulant and Other Substance Abuse: A Behavorial Perspective7. Using Diminished Autonomy over Tobacco Use to Identify Smokers in Need of Assistance with Cessation8. New Directions for Tobacco Cessation Therapies9. Could Nutritional Factors Influence the Development and Maintenance of Addiction to Nicotine?Part II. Special Populations10. Addiction and Pregnancy11. Perspectives on the Risk-Benefit Ratio of Pharmacological Treatment for Adolescent Chemical Addiction12. The Inhibitory Effect of Insurance Statutes on the Provision of Alcohol Screening and Intervention Services in Trauma Center13. Addiction and Multiple Morbidities in HIV-Positive Patients14. Providing Access to Treatment for Opiod Addiction in Jails and Prisons in the United States15. Addiction Art and Science: Two Sides of Humanity16. Addiction, Recovery, and Art: My StoryPart III: Health Care, Social, and Policy Issues17. Advancing the Science Base for the Treatment of Addiction18. "Going UPstream": Thoughts for Substance Abuse Professionals19. In Praise of Stigma20. Addiction as Disease: Policy, Epidemiology, and Treatment Consequences of a Bad Idea21. Parsing the Future of Behavioral Intervention for Drug Abuse: Clinical Science and Policy22. Protecting Patient Confidentiality in Alcohol and Drug Treatments23. Deterring Sales and Marketing of Alcohol to Youth: The Role of Litigation24. How Social Policy Can Foster Advances in the Treatment of Addiction: Tobacco Smoke Pollution and the Hospitality Industry as an Example25. The Role of the Food and Drug Administration in Accelerating the Development and Release of New Medications for the Addictions26. Smoking Status as the New Vital Sign: Progress and ChallengesEpilogueIndex

An impressive and imperative read for students and professionals in the addiction field... Highly recommended. Choice 2008 Addiction Treatment provides a broad overview of where the field seems to be heading and achieves its goal by provoking debate over the best way to get there. JAMA 2008 The editors do an excellent job of putting together a collection of essays from leading experts in the field of addiction. The provocative essays and the way that the chapters are organized creates a book that is easy to read and will certainly stimulate thought and further discussion about what is possible for addiction treatment in the twenty-first century... An outstanding resource and is appropriate for students, health care professionals, researchers, policy makers, and laypersons interested in addiction science and health care policy. -- Mary E. Cooley Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco Newsletter 2008 The book does provoke thought and causes readers to contemplate a number of relevant questions. It will be most useful to those with a good understanding of both the science and public health policies surrounding the treatment for addictions. Doody's Review Service 2008 A valuable contribution to the literature. -- Christian Perring Metapsychology 2009 Addiction and Art may be the most important art book written this year. -- Bob Dugan Big Think