[...]... in the field, we decided that it was the chapters in the last two parts of the International Handbook on the treatment and the prevention of alcohol problems that would have most practical relevance to our intended readership and which it was therefore essential to retain It should immediately be noted that this Essential Handbook of Treatment and Prevention of Alcohol Problems is not a new edition of. .. language, the list of Key Works and Suggestions for Further Reading at the conclusion of each chapter and the Editor’s Introduction preceding each Part of the book, with the aim of describing the wider context of the subject matter in the chapters of the section and of preparing the ground so that the reader can obtain maximum benefit from them Despite the omission of the four major sections that led up to the. .. prevent and treat alcohol- related problems This book contains an updated selection of reviews of “what works” in the treatment and prevention of alcohol problems drawn from the critically acclaimed International Handbook of Alcohol Dependence and Problems (Heather et al., 2001) These reviews provide authoritative summaries for health and other professionals concerned to provide effective responses to alcohol- related... superiority of one form of treatment over TREATMENT AND RECOVERY 3 others—in other words, to the clear identification of a main treatment of choice” for alcohol problems From the most pessimistic point of view, the conclusion from the MATCH findings might be that it does not matter what kind of treatment one gives problem drinkers, they will show the same degree of improvement from all of them While... cost–benefits and cost–effectiveness of treatment for alcohol problems should not be seen as an attempt to palm off problem drinkers with second-best 4 N HEATHER treatment but, on the contrary, as a rational response to the situation of ever-increasing demands for treatment in the face of limited health care resources, with the aim of ensuring that alcohol treatments retain their place in the panoply of treatment. .. tendency towards multicentre and cross-cultural research and this can only increase the amount of secure knowledge in the field The closing years of the twentieth century witnessed the publication of results from the largest and most expensive randomized controlled trial ever mounted, not only of treatment of alcohol problems but of any kind of psychosocial treatment for any type of disorder (Project MATCH... Societal outcomes and cost savings of drug and alcohol treatment in the state of Oregon Prepared for the Of ce of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Programs, Oregon Department of Human Resource, and Governor’s Council on Alcohol and Drug Abuse Programs, Salem, OR Finney, J.W & Monahan, S.C (1996) The cost-effectiveness of treatment for alcoholism: a second approximation Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 57, 229–243... purchasing range of many practitioners in the area of alcohol problems treatment and prevention, the very people with whom we were most concerned to communicate It was therefore decided to produce a slimmed-down and more affordable version of the handbook and this has resulted in the present volume The problem of which chapters to leave out and which to keep was easily solved; since the new book was... evidence is briefly reviewed and the main opportunities and limitations of motivational interviewing are discussed The chapters in this section described so far include a number of important and relatively recent changes in the treatment of alcohol problems Yet another of these crucial developments is what has become known as the “broadening of the base” of treatment, i.e the move away from an almost... Oppenheimer, E & Taylor, C (1977) Alcoholism: a controlled study of treatment and “advice” Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 38, 1004–1031 Emrick, C.D (1975) A review of psychologically oriented treatment of alcoholism: II The relative effectiveness of different treatment approaches and the effectiveness of treatment vs no treatment Quarterly Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 36, 88–108 Heather, N (1999) Some common . alt="" The Essential Handbook of Treatment and Prevention of Alcohol Problems The Essential Handbook of Treatment and Prevention of Alcohol Problems Edited by Nick Heather School of Psychology and. dependence and problems. Selections. The essential handbook of treatment and prevention of alcohol problems / edited by Nick Heather and Tim Stockwell. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and. mainly at practitioners in the field, we decided that it was the chapters in the last two parts of the International Handbook on the treatment and the prevention of alcohol problems that would have