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“A richly designed text and resource tool for graduate counseling students as well as the novice and seasoned professional substance abuse therapist.”

—Family Journal (on the second edition)


“An excellent practical reference….The book includes enough information on different types of substance abuse to communicate how treatment must be adapted for different drugs of abuse.”

—Social Work (on the first edition)

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About the Editors

Shulamith Lala Ashenberg Straussner, PhD, DSW, LCSW, is Professor Emerita at the Silver School of Social Work, New York University. She is Founding Editor of the Journal of Social Work Practice in the Addictions and was inducted as a Social Work Pioneer by the National Association of Social Workers. Dr. Straussner is a board member of the Fulbright Israel Interest Group and a three-time Fulbright Senior Scholar, in Israel, Ukraine, and the Czech Republic. She is the author or editor of over 25 books and numerous book chapters, refereed journal articles, and other publications. Dr. Straussner was the originator and researcher of a 2015 national survey, “Social Workers’ Self-Reported Wellness Study.”

• All titles by Shulamith Lala Ashenberg Straussner

Jeffrey Steen, PhD, LCSW, is Assistant Professor in the School of Social Work at Simmons University. Since the early 2000s, he has provided individual and group-based behavioral health services in a variety of outpatient settings. Dr. Steen has published numerous articles in peer-reviewed journals, instructs master's- and doctoral-level social work courses, and conducts harm reduction-focused research. He is an Associate Editor of the Journal of Social Work Practice in the Addictions. Dr. Steen identifies as a recovering person with living experience, a background that informs his professional practice, teaching, and research.

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Audience

Students and practitioners in clinical social work, counseling, clinical psychology, psychiatry, and psychiatric nursing.

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Course Use

Serves as a text in graduate-level courses, such as Social Work Practice with Addictions, Addictions Counseling, and Treatment of Substance Use Disorders.

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Previous editions published by Guilford:

Third Edition, © 2014
ISBN: 9781462512690

Second Edition, © 2004
ISBN: 9781593852894

First Edition, © 1992
ISBN: 9780898621938

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New to this edition:

• Chapters on additional clinical approaches: pharmacological interventions, contingency management, and group-based treatment.
• Chapters on additional populations: unhoused individuals and people involved with the legal system.
• Chapter on integrative health care.
• Prior edition chapters are rewritten or extensively revised.