NCJ Number
171025
Editor(s)
R K White,
D G Wright
Date Published
1998
Length
171 pages
Annotation
This book describes intervention strategies designed to motivate chemically dependent people to seek treatment.
Abstract
The book includes an overview of the history of intervention, from its development as a family intervention model to its present application in medical, legal, and employment situations. The chapters discuss: (1) the physician's perspective, warning signs, how to assess symptoms, how to initiate the conversation with the patient, and overcoming resistance to referral; (2) developing response-specific intervention strategies; (3) performance-related workplace interventions; (4) peer and administrative interventions; (5) early intervention for substance abusing adolescents; (6) intervention as brief, structured family therapy; (7) changes in the criminal justice system that have encouraged judges to refer individuals to treatment in addition to any punishment; and (8) opportunities for intervention in the One-Stop Reemployment Social Services Center, federally supported, multiagency centers that share information and work as a team to assist individuals and motivate them to seek appropriate treatment. References, figure, bibliography, appendixes, index