©1995      Paperback      177 pages

ISBN: 1568380925

Price:  $ 20.00

About the Workbook

This manual was written for clinicians who work with clients with chronic mental illness (schizophrenia, recurrent mood disorders, personality disorders, and persistent anxiety disorders) combined with substance use disorders. It provides an integrated treatment approach, and clinical strategies to use in individual, family and group sessions. Both authors have extensive experience developing and managing treatment programs for chronic mental illness and addiction.

Contents

• Treatment of dilemmas
• Selling Recovery
• Attitudes of professionals
• Coping with Symptoms: A consumer's eye view
• Fundamentals of dual disorder treatment
• Nuts and bolts issues in daily recovery
• Recovery slogans
• Timelines and denial

• Contingency cards
• Twelve-step programs
• Group treatment approaches
• Working with the consumer's family
• Summary: what to do
• Self-help programs for dual disorders
• The steps and traditions of recovery
• References and recommended readings

About the Author

Dennis C. Daley, PhD. is Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Chief Drug and Alcohol Services, and Director of the Center for Psychiatric and Chemical Dependency Services at Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. He has been involved in the addictions and mental health fields for over two decades. Dr. Daley is also involved in several research projects sponsored by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, and National Institute of Alcohol Abuse. He is a consultant to the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center’s Employee Assistance Program, the University of Pittsburgh Athletic Department and two federally funded research projects at Harvard Medical School and Spalding University. He has also consulted with numerous treatment programs in the U.S. and Europe and presented workshops in over 30 states, Canada and Europe.