Alcohol & Drug Problems gives insight into the full range of issues surrounding these problems and practical guidance on counselling techniques. Written by more than 50 practicing professionals in social work, psychology, law and medicine, this comprehensive guide draws on up-to-date research findings, clinical experience and case studies. Topics covered include assessment and treatment planning, drug testing, legal and ethical issues, harm reduction, concurrent disorders, relapse prevention, problem gambling, smoking and much more.

Susan Harrison, BA (Hon.), BEd, MSW, was a teacher for several years before pursuing a degree in social work, graduating in 1979. Her career since then has included experience in the fields of child welfare and school social work, but has been primarily in addiction. Prior to her current position as Central East regional director, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Susan was the director of a women’s addiction treatment centre. She has given many workshops and presentations on addiction-related topics, her special interest and expertise being women and addictions. She also led the project team to develop Ontario’s remedial program for convicted impaired drivers.

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Virginia Carver, PhD, has worked in the addiction field since the early 1970s. For most of that time she worked as a program consultant with the Addiction Research Foundation (now part of the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health) and subsequently with Health Canada. She is currently continuing to do addiction-related work as a private contractor. Her main areas of interest are substance use treatment and services for women and older adults.

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James O. Prochaska is director of the Cancer Prevention Research Center and professor of clinical and health psychology, both at the University of Rhode Island. He is the author of over 200 publications, including three books, Changing for Good, Systems of Psychotherapy and The Transtheoretical Approach. He is internationally recognized for his work as a developer of the stage model of behaviour change. He is the principal investigator on over $60 million in research grants for the prevention of cancer and other chronic diseases. In addition, he has served as a consultant to the American Cancer Society, Centers for Disease Control, Health Maintenance Organizations, the British National Health Service, major corporations, and numerous universities and research centres. Dr. Prochaska has won numerous awards, including the Top Five Most Cited Authors in Psychology from the American Psychology Society and an Innovator’s Award from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and is the first psychologist to win a Medal of Honor for Clinical Research from the American Cancer Society.

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