Evidence-Based Addiction Treatment

The growing emphasis on accountability and cost effectiveness in the field ofaddictions treatment is leading to major changes in standards of care.Inconsistent ... » 

The growing emphasis on accountability and cost effectiveness in the field ofaddictions treatment is leading to major changes in standards of care.Inconsistent practices based solely on clinical intuition rather than hardscientific evidence of treatment efficacy are rapidly becoming unacceptable.Translating sciencebased treatments into clinical settings is now an importantpriority. Substance abuse treatment programs are mandated to provide evidencebased treatments with funding and insurance reimbursement contingent on theirdoing so.EvidenceBased Addiction Treatment provides a stateoftheart compilation ofassessment and treatment practices with proven effectiveness. A substantialbody of evidence is presented to provide students academics and clinicianswith specific sciencebased treatments that work. Written at a levelappropriate for a variety of audiences research studies are discussed buthighly sophisticated knowledge in research methodology is not required. «