Community Clinics
Introduction The first section of this chapter traces the history of community clinic treatment for substance use disorders. Next, the chapter reviews various venues for community treatment and the effectiveness…
Unhealthy Alcohol and Other Drug Use in Primary Care
Introduction The Health and Medicine Division, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine has provided a working definition of primary care: Primary care is the provision of integrated, accessible health…
Self-Help Approaches for Addictions
Defining Self-Help Help from without is often enfeebling in its effects, but help from within invariably invigorates. Self-help approaches to addiction encompass those strategies designed to reduce or eliminate substance…
Brief and e-Health Interventions for the Treatment of Alcohol or Other Drug Addiction
Drug Use and Problems A broad range of treatment approaches are available and necessary for the management of persons with problem drug and/or alcohol use. Individuals with problem substance use…
Relapse Prevention and Recycling in Addiction
Introduction In the struggle to be free from addiction, for most individuals, repeated attempts are required to stop the addictive behavior. Multiple attempts to change and multiple treatment events are…
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Addiction
Introduction With the most recent revision (Fifth Edition) of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5), addictions are included in a larger category of Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders….
Motivational Interviewing: Emerging Theory, Research, and Practice
What Is Motivational Interviewing? Motivational interviewing (MI) is a therapeutic approach used to explore and resolve ambivalence about behavior change. There is a strong evidence base to suggest that it…
Serotonergic Hallucinogens
Introduction This chapter focuses on hallucinogens with psychoactive properties mediated through the serotonin system. Although commonly referred to as “hallucinogens,” a lexigraphic disclaimer is warranted, as the experience elicited by…
Compulsive Buying
Introduction Kraepelin and Bleuler first identified oniomania, or the urge to buy, in the early 1900s. Today, compulsive buying is likely a much different phenomenon from what it was when…
Hoarding as a Behavioral Addiction
Overview Hoarding disorder (HD) is defined as the acquisition of—and inability to discard—a large number of possessions, to a degree that precludes intended use of living spaces and creates significant…
