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"Clinical health psychologists often encounter patients needing interventions for substance use, yet rarely do practitioners receive specialized training in this area. Psychological Treatment of Medical Patients With Harmful Substance Use is designed for mental health providers in medical settings who need the knowledge and skills to assess and treat conditions relevant to substance use. This book is especially useful for mental health providers who treat adult medical outpatients for whom substance use is not their primary presenting problem. The authors clarify the distinction between nonharmful and harmful substance use, describe the signs and symptoms of substance use disorders, epidemiology, current models denoting biological and socio-cultural causes, and contributing factors (with an emphasis on cardiac, cancer, women's health, and primary care settings). They offer best-practice assessment strategies, and psychological, self-help and pharmacological treatments. Chapters also describe assessment and intervention for conditions that are often comorbid with substance use, including depression, anxiety, and sleep dysregulation, as well as treatment for family members who are dealing with a loved one's harmful substance use, relapse prevention and continuing care."-- Provided by publisher.

"It is essential that clinical health psychologists and other mental health professionals working in medical settings have some comfort with assessing and addressing substance use issues. The goal of this book is to equip such professionals with a basic level of knowledge and skills in the spectrum of substance use encountered in a variety of outpatient medical settings. Although written specifically with clinical health psychologists in mind, given the varied and overlapping roles of mental health professionals in medical settings, particularly in rural areas, the book is also relevant for other psychologists and mental health professionals in medical settings. The book provides information to help providers speak more knowledgeably with their patients and other providers about various aspects of alcohol and drug use; recognize variations in alcohol and drug use etiology and epidemiology in different clinical settings; and adequately assess alcohol and drug use and make appropriate referrals when intervention is necessary. For providers who already have some background knowledge, the book provides ideas about how to incorporate interventions for alcohol and drug use into other treatment plans when specialty care is not necessary and to assess and treat three commonly co-occurring conditions: depression, anxiety, and sleep problems. More generally, the book seeks to bolster providers' awareness of and confidence in addressing alcohol and drug use in whatever setting they practice. This will increase the chances that patients who are engaging in harmful substance use do not fall through the cracks and instead receive the types of care they need."--Preface. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved).

Also issued in print.

Online version: Schumacher, Julie A., Psychological treatment of medical patients struggling with harmful substance use Washington : American Psychological Association, 2019.

Original

Clinical health psychology series

I. Overview of substance use

Mental health professionals' guide to understanding harmful substance use

Etiology and sociocultural aspects of harmful substance use

Levels of care and standard treatments for harmful substance use

Assessment and brief intervention for harmful substance use in the medical setting

II. Psychological assessment and intervention for common comorbid problems

Assessment and treatment of depression

Assessment and treatment of anxiety

Assessment and treatment of sleep dysregulation

Psychological treatment of the family

Relapse prevention and continuing care

Future direction of practice

References

Index.

Substance abuse > Psychological aspects.

Substance abuse > psychology.