TOPIC: Addiction Professionals

Addictions: An Integrated Approach

Too often, drug and alcohol addiction goes untreated. According to SAMHSA's National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), 23.2 million persons aged 12 or older needed treatment for an illicit drug or alcohol use problem in 2007. Of these individuals, 2.4 million (10.4 percent of those who needed treatment) received treatment at a specialty facility (i.e., hospital, drug or alcohol rehabilitation or mental health center). Consequently, 20.8 million persons (8.4 percent of the population aged 12 or older) needing treatment for an illicit drug or alcohol use problem did not receive it. These estimates are similar to those in previous years.

Because addiction has many dimensions and disrupts many aspects of an individual's life, treatment is complex. Effective addiction education and treatment programs typically incorporate many components, each directed to a particular aspect of the illness and its consequences. Substance abuse treatment must help the individual stop using, maintain a drug-free lifestyle, and achieve productive functioning in the family, at work, and in society.

Important elements of chemical dependency education and therapeutic processes include medication and behavioral therapy. When these are combined and followed by treatment and relapse prevention there is often greater success. Addiction professionals agree a continuum of care that includes a customized treatment regimen—addressing all aspects of an individual's life, including medical and mental health services—and follow–up options (e.g., community – or family-based recovery support systems) is crucial to a person's success in achieving and maintaining an addiction–free lifestyle.

Robert D. Margolis, PhD and Joan E. Zweben, PhD, collaborate again in Treating Patients With Alcohol And Other Drug Problems: An Integrated Approach (2nd Edition), an easy to read  update of their popular initial text. This second edition broadens the perspectives of experienced and early career professionals alike. Therapists can review material on models of addiction, contrasts between addiction and abuse, an integrated biopsychosocial approach, and many more helpful approaches.

Margolis and Zweben write, “…we believe our integrated approach will appeal to psychologists, addiction professionals, mental health counselors, LCSW’s, LMFT’s, and the criminal justice system. We hope our content choice can be of service to the entire treatment community.”

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