SUBSTANCE ABUSE
a patient-centered approach
2002208 pages Paperback
ISBN-10 1 85775 912 5
ISBN-13 9781857759129
Edited by Michael R Floyd and J Paul Seale, Respectively Associate Professor of Family Medicine and Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences, James H. Quillen College of Medicine, East Tennessee State University; Associate Professor of Family Medicine, Mercer University School of Medicine and Medical Centre of Central Georgia
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Patient-Centered Care Series
Series Editors: Moira Stewart, Judith Belle Brown and Thomas R Freeman
Primary care clinicians are often unfamiliar with new and effective methods for detecting substance abuse problems in their earliest stages, and the majority of patients with substance abuse problems remain undiagnosed.
Substance Abuse is written by primary care clinicians and focused to meet the needs of primary care providers, demonstrating how the patient-centered clinical method can assist clinicians in learning how to diagnose this complex psychosocial disorder. This book describes how to use state-of-the-art screening techniques, and how to understand and motivate patients to decrease or eliminate harmful use of alcohol and drugs. It presents the latest scientific findings and gives examples of using a patient-centered approach, as well as describing specific communication skills, with samples of dialogue illustrating their use in helping substance-abusing patients.
This is essential reading for all family doctors, paediatricians, gynaecologists, psychiatrists, nurses, social workers, psychologists and all clinicians whose practices include substance abusing patients. It will also appeal to counsellors, education personnel and all professionals working with substance abusing individuals.
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Review Quotes 'I am delighted to find that the 'patient-centered' approach does emphasise the whole person and the importance of the patient's involvement in their own treatment plan. It contains a great deal of information: facts and figures, the use of screening techniques, ways of understanding and motivating patients to decrease or eliminate harmful use of drugs and alcohol, sample dialogue to illustrate the application of a 'patient-centered approach' in practice, as well as latest scientific findings in this area. I, for one, would recommend this book to any clinician who, in the course of their work, is required to work with people who have substance abuse problems.' HEALTHCARE COUNSELLING AND PSYCHOTHERAPY JOURNAL
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