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Author Galanter, Marc.

Title Network therapy for alcohol and drug abuse / Marc Galanter
Edition Expanded edition
Published New York : Guilford Press, [1999]

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 MELB  616.8606 Gal/Ntf 1999  AVAILABLE
Description xix, 264 pages : 23 cm
Contents Pt. I. Rethinking the Treatment of Addiction. 1. The Need for a New Approach. The Perspective of Time. 2. An Introduction to Network Therapy. Emergence of the Network Concept. A New Approach to Treatment. Forces That Shape the Network. Who Should Be Treated? 3. Understanding Addiction. What Makes a Drug Addictive? Preventing Relapse. 4. Psychopathology, Old and New. Problems That Lead to Addiction. How Addiction Takes Its Toll -- Pt. II. Network Therapy in Action. 5. Establishing the Network. The Alcoholic Couple. The Larger Network. Recruitment Problems. Unwilling Patients. 6. Intersection with Other Therapies. Network versus Individual Therapy. Network Therapy versus Therapies with Families and Groups. Combining Treatments. 7. The Role of Alcoholics Anonymous in Network Treatment. One Patient's Tale. AA as a Treatment Modality. The Diversity of Members' Experiences -- Pt. III. Principles of Network Therapy. 8. Maintaining Abstinence. Getting at the Real Story
Getting the Addict to Go Along. Is Abstinence the Only Option? 9. Supporting the Network. Keeping the Network Intact. The Right Atmosphere. 10. Securing Future Behavior. A Web of Controls. Put It in Writing -- Pt. IV. Recent Findings. 11. Research on Network Therapy / Marc Galanter and Daniel S. Keller. Study I: Psychiatry Residents. Study II: Addiction Counselors. Study III: The Internet -- App. I. Information for Patients and Network Members -- App. II. Teaching Aids -- App. III. The Roles of Network Therapy Summarized
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-254) and index
Subject Self-help groups.
Social networks -- Therapeutic use.
Substance abuse -- Treatment.
Substance-Related Disorders -- therapy.
Psychotherapy -- methods.
Self-Help Groups.
Social Support.
LC no. 98052868
ISBN 1572304413 (paperback: acid-free paper)