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Fors, Stuart W.; Jarvis, Sara – Journal of Drug Education, 1995
Evaluates the Drug Prevention in Youth risk reduction program that was implemented in shelters for runaway/homeless youths in the southeastern United States. An evaluation strategy was developed allowing for comparisons between peer-led, adult-led and nonintervention groups. Well-trained and motivated peer/near-peer leaders made particularly…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Drug Abuse, Drug Addiction, Drug Education
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Courtwright, David T. – OAH Magazine of History, 1991
Discusses the wave of cocaine abuse that followed the drug's recommendation by the late nineteenth-century medical community as a cure all. Details drug addiction among ethnic and social groups at the turn of the century. Warns that drug epidemics have important social and legal consequences. Suggests legal pressure may alter the form of drug…
Descriptors: Black Community, Cocaine, Crime, Drug Addiction
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VanBremen, Jane R.; Chasnoff, Ira J. – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 1994
This article addresses the rationale for linking addiction treatment programs and parenting education interventions in substance-abusing families. Specific components of a parenting program for women in recovery are detailed, including parenting classes and support groups, mother-child play groups, and family literacy activities. Program…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Drug Abuse, Drug Addiction, Drug Rehabilitation
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Longshore, Douglas; Grills, Cheryl; Annon, Kiku; Grady, Ruhmel – Journal of Black Studies, 1998
Describes a culturally congruent intervention in which Afrocentric concepts are applied in single-session counseling for African American drug users. Called the Engagement Project, the intervention attempts to engage clients in a psychosocial process conducive to recovery. The client, counselor, and a former drug user (peer) see a video and…
Descriptors: Afrocentrism, Black Culture, Blacks, Counseling
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Czuchry, Michael; Sia, Tiffiny L.; Dansereau, Donald F.; Dees, Sandra M. – Journal of Drug Education, 1997
Describes a game that illuminates the dangers of chronic drug use. Provides facts, quotes, and episodic consequences that can adversely affect each player's mental and physical health, social support, and financial/legal situation. Discusses the game's conceptual underpinnings, development, and empirical findings. Lists potential applications in…
Descriptors: Alcohol Abuse, College Students, Counseling Techniques, Drug Abuse
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Ball, Samuel A.; Nich, Charla; Rounsaville, Bruce J.; Eagan, Dorothy; Carroll, Kathleen M. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2004
The concurrent and predictive validity of 2 different methods of Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory-III subtyping (protocol sorting, cluster analysis) was evaluated in 125 recently detoxified opioid-dependent outpatients in a 12-week randomized clinical trial. Participants received naltrexone and relapse prevention group counseling and were…
Descriptors: Predictive Validity, Multivariate Analysis, Group Counseling, Drug Addiction
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Spiga, Ralph; Maxwell, R. Stockton; Meisch, Richard A.; Grabowski, John – Psychological Record, 2005
The present study examined whether in humans the generalized matching law described the relation between relative responding and relative drug intake by humans under concurrent variable interval variable interval (conc VI VI) schedules of drug reinforcement. Methadone-maintained patients, stabilized on 80 mg per day of methadone, were recruited…
Descriptors: Intervals, Reinforcement, Drug Addiction, Pharmacology
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Boles, Sharon M.; Joshi, Vandana; Grella, Christine; Wellisch, Jean – Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 2005
This study reports on the effects of having a history of childhood sexual abuse (CSA) on treatment outcomes among substance abusing men and women (N = 2,434) in a national, multisite study of drug treatment outcomes. A history of CSA was reported by 27.2% of the women and 9.2% of the men. Controlling for gender, compared to patients without CSA,…
Descriptors: Sexual Abuse, Child Abuse, Drug Abuse, Adults
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Winger, Gail; Woods, James H.; Galuska, Chad M.; Wade-Galuska, Tammy – Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 2005
Neuroscientific approaches to drug addiction traditionally have been based on the premise that addiction is a process that results from brain changes that in turn result from chronic administration of drugs of abuse. An alternative approach views drug addiction as a behavioral disorder in which drugs function as preeminent reinforcers. Although…
Descriptors: Addictive Behavior, Drug Addiction, Brain, Drug Abuse
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Glover-Graf, Noreen M.; Miller, Eva – Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin, 2006
This study used photography as a therapeutic tool and a present-focused approach in a 12-week group intervention to treat adults with chemical dependence enrolled in an outpatient treatment program. A qualitative analysis identified themes related to the topics of trust, honesty, self-worth, power, and abuse. Self-esteem, abuse, and trauma-related…
Descriptors: Photography, Adults, Counseling Techniques, Group Counseling
Lycoming County Library System, Williamsport, PA. – 1995
This report describes a project intended to address specialized recruitment of a multiethnic drug and alcohol recovery population in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, who had not availed themselves of adult literacy services. A collaborator would be established within the community to encourage educationally disadvantaged adults who would be…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Alcoholism, Drug Addiction, Educationally Disadvantaged
Federal Coordinating Council for Science, Engineering and Technology, Washington, DC. – 1991
The brain is the seat of intelligence, the interpreter of senses, and the controller of movement. Research efforts on the brain have increased dramatically in the past 10 years; some of the more promising areas of brain and behavioral sciences research are reported here. The research was performed by 22 separate Federal member organizations and…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Behavior, Brain, Brain Hemisphere Functions
Metzler, Birgit – Basis-Info, 1996
The main private organization in Germany dedicated to combatting drug addition--the DHS and the Federal Health Information Agency (BzGA) jointly estimate the number of persons addicted to "illegal" drugs in Germany at around 200,000. Yet, people may grow up immune to drug addiction if they acquire a stable basis for self-confidence and…
Descriptors: Children, Drug Abuse, Drug Addiction, Drug Rehabilitation
Tunis, Sandra; And Others – 1996
There is evidence that drug treatment in correctional facilities can impact recidivism, perceptions of self-efficacy, and mood states such as depression and anxiety. This study was designed to provide detailed and systematic descriptions of participants and treatment program components for five drug treatment programs. Also included are program…
Descriptors: Clinics, Correctional Institutions, Correctional Rehabilitation, Drug Abuse
Gold, Mark S., Ed. – 1998
The biological mechanisms of nicotine dependence are described, the prevalence of tobacco dependency among those using other mood-altering drugs is examined, and the most efficacious way to address this dependency is discussed. New data on the relationship of smoking addiction to other addictions are examined. Topics include: (1) "Tobacco…
Descriptors: Alcohol Abuse, Clinics, Counseling, Depression (Psychology)
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