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Clinical Treatment Guidelines series
The
Clinical Treatment Guidelines for Alcohol and Drug Clinicians
series has been developed by Turning Point Alcohol and Drug
Centre as a definitive resource in the treatment of people
with alcohol and other drug problems. Each title combines
the expertise of Turning Point clinicians and researchers
with the latest information in the field.
The publications are written in a style that is practical
and accessible, providing clinicians with user-friendly tools
and effective guidelines for the application of clinical skills
in day-to-day client care. Each title includes principles
of application, practice guidelines and worksheets to follow
in treating clients.
Publications in the Clinical
Treatment Guidelines series
include:
1. Key Principles and Practices
2. Motivational Interviewing
3. Relapse Prevention
4. Reducing Harm for Clients Who
Continue to Use Drugs
5. Controlled Drug Use Interventions
6. Effective Weed Control
7. Working with Polydrug Users
8. Assertive Follow-up
9. Prescribing for Drug Withdrawal
10. Managing Difficult
and Complex Behaviours
11. Working with Families
12. Smoking Cessation
13. Youth Alcohol and Drug Outreach
14. Methamphetamine Dependence and Treatment
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1.
Key Principles and Practices
This publication provides a theoretical
and practical overview of what is considered to be ‘best
practice’ when working with people with drug-related
problems. It covers some of the basic aspects of drug treatment
including models of dependence, the stages of change model,
a summary of different treatment modalities, and fundamental
clinical skills such as assessment, treatment matching and
professional issues.
ISBN: 1 74001 048 5
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Motivational Interviewing
The practice of motivational interviewing
has been consistently identified as a vital element in exploring
behaviour change. In the alcohol and drug field, it provides
an important intervention and assessment tool for helping
people with drug-related problems to explore and resolve ambivalence
in order to increase motivation to change. The intervention
uses a client-centred counseling style in which the clinician
is directive but also works in partnership with the client.
It can be applied in any treatment setting and is being used
increasingly in the alcohol and drug field by both specialists
and general health and welfare practitioners.
ISBN: 1 74001 054 X
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Relapse Prevention
Relapse prevention is a collection of techniques
that increase the client’s ability to control cravings
and urges, and enhance coping skills for handling high-risk
situations where lapse or relapse is a possibility. By combining
the learning of specific skills with lifestyle changes, these
interventions assist clients to manage lapses and prevent
relapses. This publication provides an overview of the intervention,
including a critique of the latest models.
ISBN: 1 74001 060 4
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Reducing Harm for Clients Who Continue to Use Drugs
Harm reduction is one aspect of the harm
minimisation philosophy that provides the national framework
for approaches to drug use problems in Australia. Harm reduction
applied in a clinical setting encompasses a range of strategies.
These may be aimed at changing the way people use drugs, or
ensuring that the environment in which they use reduces the
risk of suffering negative consequences of drug use such as
infection, overdose and reduced quality of life.
ISBN: 1 74001 072 8
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Controlled Drug Use Interventions
Controlled drug use involves a specific
set of interventions to moderate the amount and frequency
of a client’s drug use. It is based on cognitive-behavioural
techniques whereby the client, with assistance from the clinician,
sets goals and limits in relation to his/her drug use. This
publication addresses issues such as with whom and where the
intervention is most appropriate, with emphasis on a comprehensive
and systematic assessment.
ISBN: 174001 066 3
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Effective Weed Control: Working with people to reduce or stop
cannabis use
Cannabis use in Australian society is increasing.
This brings with it a range of issues for clinicians, researchers
and policy-makers, including that of treatment. Effective
Weed Control provides a platform for improving the consistency
of treatment through the implementation of standards and guidelines.
Turning Point has developed two treatment models – an
integrated brief intervention and a group-based program –
which are presented in this publication. Both models are appropriate
for clients with uncomplicated dependent cannabis use, and
can be conducted in a number of settings by a variety of health
and welfare professionals.
ISBN: 1 74001 078 7
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Working with Polydrug Users
Polydrug use refers to the concurrent use
of multiple drugs or the combining of drugs, and marked increases
in polydrug use have become apparent in Australia over the
last 25 years. Polydrug use has become the norm among many
drug-using groups and evidence suggests that the majority
of clients accessing drug treatment services are polydrug
users. This publication presents an overview of polydrug use
and the implications for clinicians planning and providing
treatment to clients who use multiple drugs.
ISBN: 174001 084 1
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Assertive Follow-up
Assertive follow-up involves a clinician-initiated
attempt to contact a client after that client has missed an
appointment or prematurely left the service. This publication
outlines assertive follow-up strategies that can be used with
clients who prematurely drop out of drug treatment. They focus
on cost-effective methods of assertively tracking and regaining
client contact in order to continue treatment.
ISBN: 1 74001 096 5
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Prescribing for Drug Withdrawal
This publication is an overview of medications
routinely used as part of the Turning Point Outpatient Withdrawal
Program. The guidelines describe the pharmacotherapy for heroin,
alcohol, amphetamine, cannabis, benzodiazepine and nicotine
withdrawal. They are based on consensus opinions and practices
of the clinical staff at Turning Point Outpatient Withdrawal
Program (medical, nursing, pharmacy and allied health staff).
They are not evidence-based guidelines developed from a systematic
review of the research literature but, rather, represent the
current practice of experienced clinicians.
ISBN: 1 74001 018 3
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Managing Difficult and Complex Behaviours
These guidelines provide practitioners with strategies to
manage difficult behaviour including aggression and violence,
self-harm and intoxication. Alcohol and drug services
are seeing increasing numbers of people with complex issues
that may increase the incidence of difficult behaviour. The
principles and practices of managing difficult behaviour are
drawn from research findings and the expertise of clinicians
working in the field. They aim to assist agencies and individuals
to integrate preventative and reactive strategies at an organisational
and service delivery level. This publication also presents
guidelines for managing difficult behaviour in a research
context and in outreach service settings.
ISBN: 1 74001 049 3
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11.
Working with Families
Family inclusive services recognise many different types of
family involvement with the client. They value the importance
of family involvement in alcohol and drug treatment, and aim
to inform and empower families to cope with drug use and support
their family member as a client in treatment. A range of approaches
and stages of service development are available to workers
and organisations in developing family inclusive alcohol and
drug services, including interventions that can be used by
workers with a variety of experience and qualifications.
ISBN: 1 74001 098 1
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Smoking Cessation
Clients in drug treatment smoke more heavily
and at higher rates than the general population. They are
at increased risk of smoking-related harm, including serious
health effects and death. Effective smoking cessation strategies
assist services to respond to the specific needs of clients
in alcohol and drug treatment. These guidelines outline a
range of interventions that practitioners can use to address
tobacco smoking with their clients.
ISBN: 1 74001 105 8
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Youth Alcohol and Drug Outreach
Young people who are disconnected
from society or exist in hard-to-reach settings are most at
risk of alcohol and drug-related harm. Youth AOD outreach
uses a less formalised engagement process to build relationships
with young people in a way that is relevant for them and to
provide them with access to services within the community.
These guidelines reflect the complex and emerging nature of
this work and outline ‘best practice’ interventions
for services and workers seeking to engage hard-to-reach young
people with alcohol and other drug use problems.
ISBN: 1 74001 107 4
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Methamphetamine Dependence and Treatment
People who use methamphetamines regularly or
in high doses present to treatment services with a wide range
of complex issues, including mental and physical health problems.
In addition, methamphetamine users are often reluctant to
access specialist treatment services primarily because they
are unclear about their treatment options. Services are not
well oriented to manage these clients, who are often difficult
to engage. These guidelines provide drug and alcohol workers
with effective assessment and treatment tools to assist them
with meeting the complex needs of clients who use methamphetamines.
ISBN: 1 74001 109 0
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How to order
Publications in the Clinical
Treatment Guidelines series can be ordered directly
from Turning Point.
Download a copy of our Catalogue/Order
form (pdf 70kb)
T: (03) 8413 8413
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