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Showing papers in "Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment in 1989"


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TL;DR: Regression analysis indicated that the ASI items accounted for a considerable proportion of the variance in the severity ratings, indicating a strong relationship between "subjective" rating and "objective" data.

230 citations


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TL;DR: The intricate interrelationship between masculinity and both social and alcoholic drinking is reviewed, indicating that social drinking is a primary cultural symbol of manliness; portrays in the media strengthen this association.

214 citations


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TL;DR: The paper educates clinicians to the integrated theory and multifaceted clinical technique necessary for efficacious treatment of cocaine patients, while the typology predicts probable relapse situations.

208 citations


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TL;DR: It is found that borderline personality disorder predicted more depressive disorders and alcoholism at follow-up; yet greater recovery from these disorders was seen, suggesting that treatment for opiate addicts should be tailored to the specific needs of the patients.

102 citations


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TL;DR: This synopsis of the outcome literature on marital and family treatment (MFT) drew three conclusions: first, intervening at the marital/family level with nonalcoholic family members can motivate an initial commitment to change in the alcoholic who is unwilling to seek help.

94 citations


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TL;DR: Negative local community attitudes toward all pharmacologic treatments, a strong focus on total abstinence by the recovering patient group, and self-elimination of poor candidates in this unselected population appear to be important factors in the poor acceptance of naltrexone.

51 citations


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TL;DR: It is concluded that effective therapy requires flexibility in combining elements of different models in order to individualize treatment plans for substance abusers, and careful assessment of both the therapist's and the substance abuser's beliefs about treatment models to insure a treatment match based on a healthy alliance.

50 citations


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TL;DR: When abstinence is stabilized, then psychodynamic principles can be integrated into an approach that recognizes the role played by potential return to substance abuse.

39 citations


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TL;DR: A presumptive diagnosis of marijuana dependence (addiction) can be established by detecting significant consequences associated with marijuana use and a definitive diagnosis entails confirming the presence of addictive behavior by identifying a preoccupation, compulsivity and relapse relative to the drug, marijuana.

37 citations


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TL;DR: The diagnosis of alcohol, cocaine, and other drug dependence in inpatient treatment populations is important to identify for clinical prognosis, treatment, and genetic research.

35 citations


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TL;DR: Examination of patient resistances, especially in early recovery, and some therapist's dilemmas and hazards arising from personal issues and gaps in professional training explore the vulnerabilities of the conventionally trained mental health therapist.

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TL;DR: A model of relapse prevention that utilizes metaphor, education, and psychodynamic and cognitive-behavioral principles in psychoeducational groups for compulsive crack cocaine smokers during inpatient detoxification is presented.


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TL;DR: Support was not found for the notion that cocaine abusers are self-medicating affective disorders, but evidence for high frequency of personality disorders was revealed.

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TL;DR: The majority of the clients reported that their drug use was less at follow-up than when they started in the Straight, Inc., program, and the program "helped" them and, specifically, that the program helped them with their relationship with their parents.

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TL;DR: Transdermal clonidine offers several advantages over the oral form: patches can be applied weekly, fewer supplemental medications are required, and patches supply an even blood level of medication.

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TL;DR: This approach to treatment of marijuana addiction is presented as representative of a popular method but not as the only modality available.

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TL;DR: S.A.R.T. is a methadone program in Portland, Oregon, that emphasizes direct training of educational, recreational, and personal skills and group treatment is employed to create social support for clients while psychotherapy and crisis counseling are available on an as-needed basis.

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TL;DR: A new program is described that provides methadone maintenance treatment to opiate addicts who are "AIDS affected"--heroin addicts diagnosed with AIDS, AIDS-related complex (ARC), or other significant symptoms of HIV infection.


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TL;DR: The findings suggest that the clinician may be able to employ a limited number of variables to differentiate between patients who will and will not be ableto acquire knowledge from educational interventions.

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TL;DR: This article reviews the knowledge of the blackout and of memory theory to date, and proposes a definition for this amnestic event, and comments on the clinical significance.

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TL;DR: The differing stance towards emotions in psychotherapy and in spiritual disciplines, and how these can be unified using visualizations are described.

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TL;DR: HIV-antibody testing, when associated with pretest and posttest counseling, can be used to educate individuals at risk for HIV infection and AIDS and can serve as an intervention to prevent the spread of HIV.

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TL;DR: A phenomenological description of the intrapsychic and interpersonal psychopathology behind the addiction phenomenon is given and an explanatory theory of the origin of addiction is not given, nor the findings placed into diagnostic categories.

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TL;DR: Clinicians using hypnosis are likely to continue to base their claims for its effectiveness on intuition, especially since no study has demonstrated that hypnotherapy is contraindicated for patients requesting its use.

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TL;DR: The innocent bystander may lack willpower more than the alcoholic by refusing to look alcoholism in the eye, and the guilty must confront the alcoholic with the consequences of alcoholism.

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TL;DR: This paper touches upon description of the treatment methods and approaches that have proven to be most useful and successful in Israel's only residential center for alcoholics, and summary of recent findings about the characteristics of alcoholics that have been treated at the residential center during the years 1982-1987.

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TL;DR: A nonreactive, observational research method was used to measure AIDS information-seeking behavior of patients on four drug and alcohol inpatient units at a large public hospital in New York City and results showed only 23 inquiries from 271 male and female patients over a six-week interval.

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TL;DR: There appears to be an under-recruitment of youth into treatment, particularly evidenced by low rates of self-referral for juvenile as compared to older treatment admissions and four community resources are seen as particularly relevant.