Showing papers in "Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment in 1984"

TL;DR: Wilner and Kassebaum as discussed by the authors pointed out that the psychoanalyst's explanations of human behavior, including drug addiction and relapse, are also couched in mentalistic terms and hence cannot be tested for validity in the accepted manner of the natural sciences.

TL;DR: In this paper, three cases of cocaine dependence treated with methylphenidate showed marked improvement with regard to toxic/abstinence signs and symptoms, craving behavior and other behavioral disturbances associated with heavy and chronic cocaine abuse.

TL;DR: A treatment model for bulimia is outlined which addresses both the addiction at hand and the underlying developmental deficits, and a need to account for the serious problem of symptom substitution in substance abusing populations.

TL;DR: In this article, relevant characteristics of the AIDS epidemic are presented to assist the staff of drug treatment programs in their work with IV drug abusers, and possible approaches to the prevention of AIDS in drug users are discussed.

TL;DR: Vietnam veterans with alcoholism and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder are a clinically problematic population and early and consistent support to enhance self-esteem and to reduce guilt helps the patient later to tolerate the gradual investigation of the anger and self-loathing associated with both disorders.

TL;DR: The authors, who are themselves Vietnam veterans, have interviewed or treated more than 2,000 combat veterans and their families and have found that 80% of the veterans seen have had alcohol related problems.

TL;DR: In the BMT couples group, therapists use behavioral rehearsal and weekly homework assignments to help couples decrease drinking and alcohol-related interactions by making an Antabuse Contract and discussing relapse prevention.

TL;DR: Study results indicated that treatment group participants were significantly less depressed and better able to resolve painful feelings about their losses.

TL;DR: The Sidney Cohen Lectureship and National Drug Abuse Medicine Award are sponsored by the Institute for the Studies of Destructive Behaviors and the Suicide Prevention Center, in association with the South California Physicians' Council on Drug Abuse.

TL;DR: The status of the drug-dependent individual as a psychiatric patient and the resultant treatment implications when such a patient is viewed from within, rather than exclusive of, the mental health treatment delivery system are discussed.

TL;DR: Therapeutic communities are capable of treating clients with a considerable range of emotional disturbance-including even profound character disorder, but frank psychiatric illness has typically been recognized as a cause for exclusion.

TL;DR: Recovery programs should be flexible and involve individual and family education on recovery and the nature of addictive disease, and exercise that produces cardiopulmonary stimulation is a helpful means of reducing drug hunger and anxiety during recovery therapy.

TL;DR: The Psychoanalysis of Pharmacothymia (Drug Addiction) The Psychoanalytic Quarterly: Vol. 2, No. 1, pp. 1-23 as mentioned in this paper is a seminal work in the field of drug addiction.

TL;DR: Using the Syva EMIT Cannabinoid Assay test, a readily available semiquantitative immunochemical urine test for marijuana metabolites, a group of ten chronic marijuana users was monitored while hospitalized, and implications regarding the interpretation of results and interpretation of "significant" urinary marijuana levels are discussed.

TL;DR: The paper advocates the continued use of the model of conflict theory and a consistent focus on the defenses in psychotherapy and psychoanalysis, with all that this specifically entails for the treatment and understanding of the addictions, as illustrated by four case vignettes.

TL;DR: The Substance Abuse Problem Checklist (SAPC) is a self-administered pencil and paper inventory designed specifically to facilitate the counseling of drug and/or alcohol dependent patients.

TL;DR: The article highlights the philosophy, history, growth and current dimensions of the Haight Ashbury Free Medical Clinic, a nationally renowned research and treatment center providing a wide spectrum of services in San Francisco.

TL;DR: Treatment outcome, in general, for impaired physicians has been assumed to be better than for other drug abusers but the studies have lacked adequate controls, need broader outcome measures, and may not be relevant to the new type of abuser.

TL;DR: This article focuses on the problem of treatment resistance in women, and techniques for recognizing and reducing resistance are offered, including implications for treatment planning and program design.

TL;DR: The nursing profession's need to develop a variety of methodologies to address the impairment issue is focused on.

TL;DR: Results of the investigation indicate that clinical usage of the screening procedure is readily available without sophisticated computer support or exotic blood analysis.

TL;DR: Psychotherapy so far appears most helpful for patients with a defined psychiatric diagnosis in addition to their drug diagnosis, and benefits appear to be greater if patients are treated early in their treatment program.

TL;DR: Application of the Smith and Wesson (1983) barbiturate withdrawal technique to the withdrawal of individuals addicted to short-acting benzodiazepines is reviewed, and attention is given to the emergence of "look-alike" drugs.

TL;DR: This article focuses on the physiological effects of cocaine and the destructive nature of the drug in terms of the abuser's powerlessness over highly addictive qualities.

TL;DR: In the Netherlands, the drug problem among adolescents developed as a new phenomenon in the mid 1960s and without remarkable success, methadone maintenance programs were introduced in 1968, and the illusion that drug related problems could be solved by treatment turned out to be an illusion.

TL;DR: Alcohol in the Soviet Union is blamed for 90% of murders, 66% of workrelated accidents, 50% of divorces and 80% of thefts and robberies.