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Promoting Self-Change From Addictive Behaviors - Practical Implications for Policy, Prevention, and Treatment
Harald Klingemann, Linda Carter-Sobell
Verlag Springer-Verlag, 2007
ISBN 9780387712871 , 260 Seiten
Format PDF, OL
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Dedication
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Acknowledgments
6
Foreword Considering the Unimaginable: Challenges to Accepting Self- Change or Natural Recovery from Addiction
7
References
11
Preface
12
References
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Contents
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Contributors
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The Phenomenon of Self-Change: Overview and Key Issues
21
Introduction
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The Respondents Speak
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Is What We Call the Phenomenon Important?
23
Defining Treatment and How Little Is Too Much
24
Mixing Treated and Untreated Respondents
25
State-of-the-Art in Self-Change
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Advantages of Survey and Other Methods for Studying the Process of Self- Change
27
Why Has Self-Change as an Area of Study Been So Long Overlooked or Ignored?
27
Nonabstinent Outcomes and Natural Recovery
28
What Can Be Gained by Studying the Process of Self- Change?
29
Barriers to Treatment or Help-Seeking for Racial/Ethnic Minorities and Women
31
Models of Change
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Conflict Theory
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Transtheoretical Model of Change
34
Crystallization of Discontent
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Becoming an Ex
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Major Findings from Self-Change Studies
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Self-Change: A Major Pathway to Recovery
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Can We Believe What They Tell Us?
36
Stability of Natural Recoveries
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What Triggers Self-Change? Thinking about Changing
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Maintaining Recoveries
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Conclusions and Future Directions
39
References
40
Self-Change from Alcohol and Drug Abuse: Often- Cited Classics
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The Setting
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The “Pioneering Studies”
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Subsequent Research on Self-Change
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Studies of Drug Use and Drug Addiction
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Studies of Alcoholism, Drinking Patterns, and Drinking Problems
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Summing Up: Conclusions and Implications
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References
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Natural Recovery or Recovery without Treatment from Alcohol and Drug Problems as Seen from Survey Data
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Early Drinking Survey Results
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Specialized Survey Studies of Natural Recovery
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Community Studies of Self-Change
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Drug Users and Natural Recovery
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Advantages of Survey and Other Methods for Studying Natural Recovery
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Snowball, Media-Derived, and Convenience Samples in Self- Change Studies
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Do Those Who Recover Naturally Have Fewer Problems Than Those Who Seek Treatment?
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What Can We Conclude about Self-Change?
87
References
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Remission without Formal Help: New Directions in Studies Using Survey Data
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Methodological Issues
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Sampling Methods
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Definition of the Substance Use Problem
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Definition of Treatment
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Occurrence of Natural Remission in the General Population
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Stability of Untreated Remission
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Factors Supporting Remission
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Media-Recruited or Other Nonrepresentative Samples
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General Population Samples
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Conclusion and Suggestions for Future Research
101
References
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Natural Recovery from Alcohol and Drug Problems: A Methodological Review of the Literature from 1999 through 2005
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Introduction
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Method
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Results
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Discussion and Conclusions
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References
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Appendix Primary References
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Secondary References
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Self-Change in a Broader Context: Beyond Alcohol and Drugs
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Self-Change: The Rule among Smokers
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Epidemiology of Smoking and Quitting
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Self-Quitting
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Success in a Given Self-Quit Attempt
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Reduction as Outcome
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Reasons for Quitting
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Predictors of Successful Self-Quitting
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References
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Natural Recovery from Problem Gambling
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References
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The Natural Course and Outcome of Eating Disorders and Obesity
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References
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Spontaneous Desistance from Crime
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What Is to Stop Crime Spontaneously?
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Correlates of Desistance and the Desistance Process
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Maturation and Morality
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Growing Aversion for Risk
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Changes in Adult Life
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Turning Points: Inside and Outside Views
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Against All Odds
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Family Violence and Question of Change without Treatment
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Conclusion
150
References
150
Self-Change from Stuttering: An Overview
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What Is Stuttering?
152
Natural Recovery during Early Childhood Stuttering
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Treatment Approaches for Managing Stuttering After Childhood
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The Phenomenon of Untreated Recovery after Childhood
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Findings from Late Recovery Research Methodological Challenges
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Mechanisms of Self-change
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Are These Accounts of Self-Change Credible?
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Outcomes of Self-Managed Late Recovery
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Recent Findings and Future Directions
158
References
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One Way to Leave Your Lover: The Role of Treatment in Changing Addictive Behaviors
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Meaningful Explanations of Change in Addictive Behavior
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Fifty Ways to Leave Your Lover
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Factors Influencing Route of Change
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The Role of Treatment in Changing Addictive Behavior
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Stepped-Care Approach
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Multiple Functions of Treatment
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Summary: Many Ways to Leave Your Lover
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References
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Promoting Self-Change: Taking the Treatment to the Community
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Self–Change Approaches
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Tailored Nontraditional Messages
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A Community Mail Intervention: Background and Rationale
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An Empirically Crafted Advertisement
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PSC Study Results
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What Triggered the Change Process?
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Responding to Advertisements: A Critical Event in Promoting Self- Change
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Public Health Implications of Community Interventions
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Conclusion and Future Directions
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References
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Hostile and Favorable Societal Climates for Self- Change: Some Lessons for Policymakers
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Introduction
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Images of Alcohol and Drug Addiction in the General Population: Stigma, Social Support, and Change Optimism
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Treatment Systems and the Acceptance of Treatment
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Self-Change in the Global Village: Media Images and Health Information Management as Social Capital The Portrayal of Alcohol and Drug Users in the Media
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Active Information Retrieval and Media Use as a Tool for Self- Change
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Media Campaigns Setting the Stage for Change?
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“ A Sober Look at Drugs”
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“Handle With Care”
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“Milestone”
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Structural Prevention and Chances of Change: How Far Is It to the Next Pub and Where Am I Still Allowed to Smoke?
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Motivation of Change and References to Society and Politics of Self- Change
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References
221
Natural Recovery: A Cross-Cultural Perspective
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Cross-Cultural Variation in Beliefs and Normative Behaviors
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Cultural Types: Broadly Drawn
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Specialist Cultures
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Generalist Cultures
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Ethnic Minorities and Mainstream Populations
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Some Central Domains for Self-Change
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Problem Definition and Trajectory
233
Time
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Emotion
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Identity
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Expertise
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Conclusion: Implications for Research and Clinical Practice
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References
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Self-Change Toolbox: Tools, Tips, Websites, and Other Informational Resources for Assessing and Promoting Self- Change
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Introduction
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Assessment Instruments to Promote Self-Change
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Tools for Assessing Problem Severity or Adverse Consequences of Addictive Behaviors
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Assessing Addictive Behaviors
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Assessing High-Risk Triggers to Addictive Behaviors
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Assessing Motivation and Readiness to Change
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Addiction Self-Change Websites by Country North America
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Great Britain
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Austria, Germany, and Switzerland
258
Finland
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France
261
Italy
261
Sweden
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Mexico
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Spain
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Additional Addiction Self-Change Resources Available Online by Request
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References
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Index
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