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Integrated Treatment for Dual Disorders: A Guide to Effective Practice Kim T. Mueser, Douglas L. Noordsy, Robert E. Drake, and Lindy Fox. New York: The Guilford Press (www.guilford.com). 2003,470 pp., $42.00 (softcover).
The treatment of individuals with co-occurring substance use and psychiatric diagnoses is a challenging and often frustrating endeavor. Traditionally, treatment of this population has fallen into two broad categories: sequential and parallel treatment strategies. Sequential treatment strategies involve identifying the "primary" and "secondary" disorders and treating them in a hierarchical fashion. Alternatively, parallel or simultaneous treatment refers to the concurrent treatment of both psychiatric and addictive concerns, but by different clinicians and/or facilities. Mueser, Noordsy, Drake, and Fox propose a dual disorder treatment paradigm that offers "the seamless integration of psychiatric and substance abuse interventions in order to form a cohesive, unitary system of care." Integrated Treatment for Dual Disorders: A Guide to Effective Practice provides the framework for the design and implementation of unified treatment programs effective in attending to the specific concerns of comorbid psychiatric and addictive disorders in a functional and coordinated manner.
The book is organized into seven parts: Basics, the Assessment Process, Individual Approaches, Group Interventions, Working With Families, Other Treatment Approaches,...