Promoting Self-Change from Problem Substance Use

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xvi

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2. Introduction

   • Harald K. Klingemann, Linda C. Sobell

   Pages 1-4

3. The phenomenon of self-change: overview and conceptual issues

   • H. Klingemann, L. Sobell, J. Barker, J. Blomqvist, W. Cloud, T. Ellinstad et al.

   Pages 5-35

4. Self-change from alcohol and drug abuse: often cited classics

   • H. Klingemann, L. Sobell, J. Barker, J. Blomqvist, W. Cloud, T. Ellinstad et al.

   Pages 37-63

5. Natural recovery or recovery without treatment from alcohol and drug problems, as seen from survey data

   • H. Klingemann, L. Sobell, J. Barker, J. Blomqvist, W. Cloud, T. Ellinstad et al.

   Pages 65-76

6. Self-change among gamblers and cigarette smokers

   • H. Klingemann, L. Sobell, J. Barker, J. Blomqvist, W. Cloud, T. Ellinstad et al.

   Pages 77-90

7. Hostile and favorable societal climates for self-change: some lessons for policy makers

   • H. Klingemann, L. Sobell, J. Barker, J. Blomqvist, W. Cloud, T. Ellinstad et al.

   Pages 91-109

8. One way to leave your lover: the role of treatment in changing addictive behavior

   • H. Klingemann, L. Sobell, J. Barker, J. Blomqvist, W. Cloud, T. Ellinstad et al.

   Pages 111-122

9. Role of minimum interventions in the natural recovery process

   • H. Klingemann, L. Sobell, J. Barker, J. Blomqvist, W. Cloud, T. Ellinstad et al.

   Pages 123-136

10. Taking the treatment to the community

    • H. Klingemann, L. Sobell, J. Barker, J. Blomqvist, W. Cloud, T. Ellinstad et al.

    Pages 137-150

11. Environmental influences in natural resolution: bringing in context

    • H. Klingemann, L. Sobell, J. Barker, J. Blomqvist, W. Cloud, T. Ellinstad et al.

    Pages 151-166

12. Natural recovery in cross-cultural perspective

    • H. Klingemann, L. Sobell, J. Barker, J. Blomqvist, W. Cloud, T. Ellinstad et al.

    Pages 167-189

13. Concluding comments: what I would tell my neighbor

    • H. Klingemann, L. Sobell, J. Barker, J. Blomqvist, W. Cloud, T. Ellinstad et al.

    Pages 191-196

14. Self-change toolbox: tools, tips, and other information and resources for assisting self-change

    • H. Klingemann, L. Sobell, J. Barker, J. Blomqvist, W. Cloud, T. Ellinstad et al.

    Pages 197-213

For many years, what has been known about recovery from addictive behaviors has come solely from treatment studies. Only recently has the study of recoveries in the absence of formal treatment or self-help groups provided an alternative source of information.
This book on the process of self-change from addictive behaviors is the first of its kind, as it presents more than research findings. Rather, it presents the process of self-change from several different perspectives - environmental, cross-cultural, prevention and interventions at both societal and individual level. It provides strategies for how health care practitioners and government policy makers alike can aid and foster self-change. Directions for future research priorities are also presented.

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• health care
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`..., this is a thoroughly documented and well-crafted book that will make an important contribution to the discussion of further directions in policy, clinical practice and research.'
Addiction 96:1681-1685 (2001)

• School of Social Work, University of Applied Sciences, Bern, Switzerland

  H. Klingemann

• Center for Psychological Studies, Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, USA

  L. Sobell, T. Ellinstad, M. Sobell

• Medical Anthropology Program, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, USA

  J. Barker

• Research and Development (FoU), Social Services Administration, Stockholm, Sweden

  J. Blomqvist

• Graduate School of Social Work, University of Denver, Denver, USA

  W. Cloud

• Sinclair School of Nursing, University of Missouri, Columbia, USA

  D. Finfgeld

• Department of Sociology, University of Denver, Denver, USA

  R. Granfield

• Addiction Centre, Foothills Medical Centre, Calgary, Canada

  D. Hodgins

• Institute for Scientific Analysis, Alameda, USA

  G. Hunt

• Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

  C. Junker

• Psychiatric Services, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

  F. Moggi

• Morristown, USA

  S. Peele

• Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Canada

  R. Smart

• Department of Health Behavior, University of Alabama, Birmingham School of Public Health, Birmingham, USA

  J. Tucker

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