Part 1: An Introduction to Clinical Practice with Substance-Abusing Clients. Straussner, Assessment and Treatment of Clients with Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Problems: An Overview. Part 2: Varying Perspectives on Intervention with Substance Abusers.

Newly revised and expanded, the second edition of this widely adopted text serves as a practical guide to working with substance users and their families in a variety of clinical contexts. Expert contributors present widely used assessment and treatment approaches together with detailed recommendations for intervening with specific substances and meeting the needs of different populations. Restructured and thoroughly updated to reflect current developments in research, practice, and policy, the second edition features six entirely new chapters. The section on clinical populations has been augmented with coverage of older adults and lesbian, gay, and bisexual substance abusers. Other new chapters cover applications of motivational techniques, harm reduction, and strategies for working with involuntary clients.

Part 1: An Introduction to Clinical Practice with Substance-Abusing Clients. Straussner, Assessment and Treatment of Clients with Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Problems: An Overview. Part 2: Varying Perspectives on Intervention with Substance Abusers. Hanson, El-Bassel, Motivating Substance-Abusing Clients through the Helping Process. Seiger, The Clinical Practice of Harm Reduction. Berg, Shafer, Working with Mandated Substance Abusers: The Language of Solutions. Orlin, O'Neill, Davis, Assessment and Intervention with Clients Who Have
Coexisting Psychiatric and Substance-Related Disorders. Spiegel, Fewell, 12-Step Programs as a Treatment Modality. Gray, Gibson, Relapse Prevention. Part 3: Intervention with Abusers of Different Substances. O'Dwyer, Treatment of Alcohol Problems. Friedman, Wilson, Treatment for Opiate Addictions. Ockert, Baier, Coons, Treatment of Stimulant Dependence. Part 4: Assessment and Intervention with Families of Substance Abusers. McIntyre, Family Treatment of Substance Abuse. Zelvin, Treating the Partners of Substance Abusers. Markowitz, Dynamics and Treatment Issues with Children of Drug and Alcohol Abusers. Part 5: Special Issues and Special Populations. Freshman, Assessment and Treatment of Adolescent Substance Abusers. Farkas, Substance Abuse Problems among Older Adults.
Pape, Assessment and Intervention with Alcohol- and Drug-Abusing Women. Goldstein, Substance Abusers with Borderline Disorders. Senreich, Vairo, Treatment of Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Substance Abusers. Scheffler, Substance Abuse among Homeless Persons. Gant, Strom, HIV/AIDS and Intravenous Drug Users: Issues and Treatment Implications. Part 6: Looking toward the Future. Straussner, Looking toward the Future: Practice and Policy Issues.