This book offers a new approach to help students to understand problematic substance use across a range of social work practice settings. Written from both an anti-discriminatory and evidence-based perspective, the book highlights successful responses to the issues. Each chapter includes reflective exercises and examples of further reading, challenging students to critically reflect on their practice.
The book provides a detailed understanding of:
" Historical and current policy relating to prohibition and drug use
" A range of substances and their potential effects on service users
" Models of best practice including screening and assessment, brief intervention, motivation approaches and relapse prevention
" Particular issues and needs of a diverse range of service user groups
This will be an essential text for social work students taking courses in substance use and addiction. It will also be valuable reading for qualified social workers and students taking related courses across the health and social care field.
PART ONE: HISTORICAL AND CONTEMPORARY CONTEXT
A Social History of Problematic Substance Use
Anti-Discriminatory/Anti-Oppressive Practice and Partnership Working
Substances and Their Effects
PART TWO: DIVERSE POPULATIONS
Problematic Substance Use Across the Lifespan
Gender and Problematic Substance Use
Working with Criminal Justice Service Users Who Have Problematic Substance Use
Problematic Substance Use in Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) Communities
Problematic Substance Use in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered (LGBT) Communities
PART THREE: CONCEPTS AND MODELS FOR SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE
Screening Assessments
Harm Reduction, Abstinence and 'Recovery'
Motivational Approaches
Relapse Prevention
Brief Interventions
PART FOUR: SOCIA WORK PRACTICE SETTINGS
Working with Problematic Substance Use in Disability Practice Settings
Dual Diagnosis: Working with Co-Existing Problems in Mental-Health Practice Settings
Parental Problematic Substance Use and Working with Families
Problematic Substance Use in HealthCare Settings Pain, HIV and HCV
