The Effectiveness of Innovative Approaches in the Treatment of Drug Abuse

Subjects:

• Crime & Justice » Crime & Justice (general)
• Health/Medicine » Substance Abuse
• Health/Medicine » Public Health

Reviews:

• Overall, this is a well organized and well written volume that will serve as an excellent resource for drug abuse researchers and as a guide for clinical program directors who are looking for treatment strategies that will help engage and retain drug-abusing clients in treatment....[T]his volume is a very good reference for researchers in drug abuse treatment and for clinical directors and programming for drug-abusing clients....[T]he material presented is clear and concise....[T]he additional focus of this volume on treatment retention and HIV reduction makes this book a well-timed resource for researchers and others interested in these issues.
  —Journal of Studies on Alcohol

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: An Overview of the Applied Evaluation Research Portfolio by Frank M. Tims, Bennett W. Fletcher, James A. Inciardi, and Arthur M. Horton, Jr.
• Methadone Programs
• The Effectiveness of the Los Angeles Enhanced Methadone Maintenance Project: Reducing HIV Risk among Injection Drug Users by Christine E. Grella et al.
• Outcomes of Innovations to Improve Retention on Methadone by James F. Maddux
• Evaluating the Effectiveness of Mobile Drug Abuse Treatment by Joseph V. Brady, Karst J. Besteman, and Lawrence Greenfield
• Residential Programs
• Outcomes of Four Residential Treatment Models--Project IMPACT by Jane McCusker et al.
• CREST Outreach Center: A Model for Blending Treatment and Corrections by Dorothy Lockwood, James A. Inciardi, and Hilary L. Surratt
• Homeless, Mentally Ill, Chemical Abusing Men in Different, Community Based, Treatment Programs by Michael Rahav et al.
• Case Management Programs
• The Effectiveness of Case Management in Working with Intravenous Drug Users by Cheryl L. Mejta et al.
• Case Management for Drug Involved Parolees: It Proved to Be a Hard ACT to Follow, by Steven S. Martin et al.
• Treatment Induction and Case Management: Two Promising Drug Treatment Enhancements by Harvey A. Siegal et al.
• Multi-Modality and Other Eclectic Programs
• Therapeutic Community Methods in Methadone-Maintenance (Passages): An Empirical Evaluation by George De Leon et al.
• Improving Retention and Outcome in the Treatment of Cocaine Addiction by Kimberly C. Kirby et al.
• The DATAR Project: Cognitive and Behavioral Enhancements to Community-Based Treatments by D. Dwayne Simpson, Donald F. Dansereau, and George W. Joe
• The Effectiveness of a Day Treatment Therapeutic Community by Joseph Guydish et al.
• The Comprehensive Vocational Enhancement Program: Results of a Five-Year Research/Demonstration Project by Paula H. Kleinman et al.
• The Effect of Treatment on High Risk Sexual Behaviors and Substance Use: St. Louis' Effort to Reduce the Spread of AIDS Among Injection Drug Users by Linda B. Cottler, Renee M. Cunningham, and Wilson M. Compton, III
• Index
• About the Contributors