Overview
Main description
Over the past 30 years Dr. Richard Fields has performed clinical work with substance abusers and their families. Drugs in Perspective is a thorough user-friendly compilation of reports, literature, and case studies on alcohol and drug prevention, intervention, and treatment.
Table of contents
Section I: Understanding Substance Abuse1 Putting Drugs in Perspective2 Why Do People Abuse Drugs?3 Drug-Specific Information4 Assessment of Substance Abuse, Dependence, and AddictionSection II: Family5 Substance Abuse and Family Systems6 Parents and Family: At-Risk Factors for Substance Abuse7 Growing Up in an Alcoholic Family SystemSection III: Motivation, Intervention, Co-occuring Disorders, Prevention, Recovery, and Relapse Prevention8 Motivation to Change9 Intervention10 Prevention of Substance Abuse Problems11 Disorders Co-occurring with Substance Abuse12 Alcohol/Drug Recovery and Relapse Prevention Appendix A: Trends in Annual Prevalence of Use of Various Drugs for Eighth, Tenth, and Twelfth GradersAppendix B: Alcohol/Drug Screening InventoriesAppendix C: Medication ExamplesAppendix D: At-Risk Factors For Substance Abuse
