Psychotherapy and Counseling in the Treatment of Drug Abuse

摘要

The monograph is based on the papers from a technical review on 'Psychotherapyand Counseling in the Treatment of Drug Abuse' held on May 18 and 19, 1989, in Rockville, MD. Contents: Psychotherapy and Counseling Research in Drug Abuse Treatment: Questions, Problems, and Solutions; Psychotherapy and Counseling for Methadone-Maintained Opiate Addicts: Results of Research Studies; Crack and Cocaine Abusers in Outpatient Psychotherapy; Therapist Effects in the Treatment of Drug Dependence: Implications for Conducting Comparative Treatment Studies; Control Groups and Comparison Groups in Psychotherapy Outcome Research; Attrition in Substance Abuse Comparative Treatment Research: The Illusion of Randomization; Conceptualizing and Selecting Measures of Treatment Outcome: Implications for Drug Abuse Outcome Studies; Can A Technology Model of Psychotherapy Research Be Applied to Cocaine Abuse Treatment; Methodology: What Are the Design Issues Involved in the Defined Research Priorities; Research Priorities for Psychotherapy and Counseling in the Treatment of Drug Abuse: The Psychotherapy Research Perspective.