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Counseling Addicted Families: An Integrated Assessment and Treatment Model

Juhnke, Gerald and W. Bryce Hagedorn. Counseling Addicted Families: An Integrated Assessment and Treatment Model. New York: Routledge, 2006. 240p. ISBN: 0415951062.

This book provides a practical, integrated, and clinically based model for assessment and treatment of family addictions. The model consists of six progressive tiers which organize the relevant family treatment theories into a graduated and coherent sequence, beginning with the briefest and least costly forms of therapy.

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TAP 21: Addiction Counseling Competencies: The Knowledge, Skills, and Attitudes of Professional Practice

Addiction Technology Transfer Centers. National Curriculum 2005 Update Committee.  Rockville: Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, 2006. 224 p.

A major focus of SAMHSA's workforce development strategy is improving the competencies of professionals in the field. The overarching competencies in this updated version of TAP 21 are largely unchanged from the original TAP 21, with some revisions that reflect changes in the field. The competencies are defined by sublists of the knowledge, skills, and attitudes needed for professional substance abuse treatment counselors to master each competency.

This publication is useful for curriculum/course evaluation and design; student advising, supervision, and assessment; assessment of competent practices; design of professional development and continuing education programs; and certification standards/exams.

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Women Under the Influence

National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University.  Baltimore, MD : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006, 292p. ISBN: -08018082273.

This comprehensive and accessible book documents the physical and emotional effects of substance abuse in girls and women, explores the role of the advertising and entertainment industries in populating various substances of abuse, and discusses the way America responds to this enormous health problem.  This book covers a broad range of substances -- nicotine, alcohol, prescription, and illicit drugs (including club drugs) -- and addresses the unique reasons that girls and women smoke and abuse alcohol and drugs. 

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Trends in Washington State Drug, Alcohol, Tobacco Use for 2006

Tobacco, Alcohol, and Other Drug Abuse Trends in Washington State-2006 is published annually by the Washington State Division of Alcohol & Substance Abuse, and can be used to measure progress in the state's effort to prevent and treat substance abuse. The 2006 Trends Report contains information about the economic costs of substance abuse, substance abuse prevalence and trends, impacts of substance abuse, the effectiveness of prevention and treatment, and policy issues confronting the state.

Some noteworthy trends for 2006:

• Steroid use among students in Washington State is declining.
• Smoking prevalence and binge drinking among adults is declining.
• The number of reported methamphetamine labs and dumpsites is at its lowest point since 1999.

But it's not all good news:

• By 12th grade, almost 1 in 5 Washington students is already a problem drinker.
• The drug-induced death rate in Washington state is increasing rapidly.
• Sexually-transmitted diseases often associated with substance abuse have increased in prevalence.

New sections in the 2006 report provide data on Underage Drinking, the WAshington Screening, Brief Intervention, Referral, and Treatment (WASBIRT) project, and Problem and Pathological Gambling.

Preventing HIV Infection Among Injecting Drug Users in High-Risk Countries: An Assessment of the Evidence

Committee on the Prevention of HIV Infection among Injecting Drug Users in High-Risk Countries; Board on Global Health.  Institute of Medicine, 2006.  282 p.  ISBN:  0309102804

Injecting drug users are particularly vulnerable to HIV and other blood-borne infection, and all drug users may be at increased risk of infection because of high-risk sexual behaviors.  This report is based on a 2005 meeting of experts who assessed the scientific evidence for strategies on prevention of HIV infection among IDUs.  The review focuses strategies in high-risk countries, namely in Eastern Europe, the Commonwealth of Independent States, and significant parts of Asia, where IV drug use is becoming the primary driver of the HIV epidemic.   

MIA:STEP - Motivational Interviewing Assessment: Supervisory Tools for Enhancing Proficiency

MIA:STEP is the newest product from the NIDA / SAMHSA Blending Initiative.  The resource is intended to aid clinical supervisors working with counselors who are trained in Motivational Interviewing -- enhancing both counselor MI skills and the supervisor's mentoring process.

The package includes a description of the MI assessment interview, results of NIDA research underlying the development of the materials, demonstration tapes, interview tape rating guide, and a curriculum for preparing supervisors in the use of the MIA:STEP package.  It also includes materials for briefing state officials and agency directors about the program ti encourage its adoption.

Blueprint for the States: Policies to Improve the Ways States Organize and Deliver Alcohol and Drug Prevention and Treatment; Findings and Recommendations of a National Policy Panel.

Rosenbloom, David L. et al, Blueprint for the States Policy Panel.   Boston : Join Together, with support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, 2006.  40 p.

State governments spend over 13% of their budgets on problems related to drug and alcohol abuse. Less than 4% of this amount is spent on prevention and treatment. This report presents the findings and recommendations of a national policy panel convened by Join Together and chaired by former Governor of Massachusetts Michael Dukakis. The panel heard testimony from over 30 experts from around the country, and reviewed written testimony and research about existing models. The resulting report is a blueprint for governors, legislators, and judges to adapt and use as they address drug and alcohol problems at the state level.   http://www.jointogether.org/aboutus/policy-panels/blueprint/

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Native American Motivational Interviewing: Weaving Native American and Western Practices. A Manual for Counselors in Native American Communities.

Venner, Kamilla L, and Nadine Tafoya.  -- Albuquerque, NM : Center for Alcoholism, Substance Abuse and Addiction, 2006, 77 p.

This manual is intended to make motivational interviewing easy to learn and use in practice with Native American clients with alcohol abuse or dependence.  In addition, the manual is for counselors of any ethnic background who are working with Native American clients. It is most helpful for those who have some training in MI, such as the MI training provided by CASAA in person or in their videos.  The manual can be downloaded from: http://casaa.unm.edu/nami.html

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Alcohol Problems in Native America: The Untold Story of Resistance and Recovery -- "The Truth About the Lie"

Coyhis, Don L. and White, William L.  Colorado Springs, CO: White Bison, Inc., 2006.  258 pages.  ISBN: 1-59975-229-8.

This book offers historical evidence of how Native peoples resisted and recovered, and today continue to resist and recover, from alcoholism and other alcohol-related problems.  The story unfolds in the mid-eighteenth century, spans the nineteeth and twentieth, and continues with long-enduring and new recovery movements among Native peoples.  This book aims to weave recently revealed evidence into a meaningful whole that challenges how the dominant culture has viewed Native American alcohol problems and how Native peoples have viewed their own personal and cultural relationships with alcohol.

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Treating Alcohol and Drug Problems in Psychotherapy Practice: Doing What Works

Washton, Arnold M. and Zweben, Joan E.  New York: Guilford Press, 2006.  312 pages.  ISBN: 157230077.

Written specifically for the office-based psychotherapist, this practical guide describes how to detect, assess, diagnose, and treat clients presenting with a range of alcohol and drug problems. It offers an integrated, flexible psychotherapeutic approach that emphasizes building a strong therapeutic relationship, engaging clients "where they are," and addressing substance use within the larger context of clients' lives. The authors describe how to use a combination of motivational, cognitive-behavioral, 12-step, and psychodynamic techniques with clients at different stages of change. Techniques are illustrated with case vignettes, and appendices include reproducible client forms and handouts.

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