Overcoming Your Alcohol or Drug Problem

Daley has over 240 publications, including clinician treatment manuals, family and client educational books, workbooks, and videotapes on recovery from alcohol and drug problems, recovery from psychiatric disorders, recovery from dual disorders, and relapse prevention. He was the first professional in the United States to publish interactive workbooks on co-occurring disorders, and one of the first to publish similar materials on recovery fromaddiction. Dr. Daley's treatment models and recovery materials are used in numerous substance abuse and dual diagnosis treatment programs throughout the United States and other countries. Marlatt is a Fellow of both theAmerican Psychological Association and the American Psychological Society, and is a former president of the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy. He served as a member of the National Advisory Council on Drug Abuse at the National Institute on Drug Abuse from 1996 to 2002, and served on the National Advisory Council on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Subcommittee on College Drinking from 1998 to 2001.

• OVERVIEW OF SUBSTANCE USE PROBLEMS AND ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT SETTINGS AND APPROACHES; CHANGE ISSUES AND STRATEGIES; ASSESSING AND TREATING CO-OCCURRING PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS; RELAPSE PREVENTION AND PROGRESS MEASUREMENT

There are so many people suffering from drug and alcohol problems, this should be must reading for all practitioners. It is full of extremely useful information form renowned experts and can be adapted to a variety of treatments settings. The authors have used evidence-based interventions as the foundation for their approach.