. - [This] textbook explicates and expands on Aaron Beck's applications of cognitive therapy to the addictions with lucid, useful integration and a wide explanation of theory and practice....The techniques used are clearly described and can be used for treatment outcome research to validate the cognitive approach versus other approaches, and to look for subpopulations in which cognitive therapy makes special sense. --General Hospital Psychiatry, 1/18/2001ff I will refer to and recommend this book as a bountiful clinical guide....Bolstered by outcome data, this wise and hopeful book will greatly advance integration of cognitive therapy into addiction treatment programs. --Contemporary Psychology, 1/18/2001ffIn Cognitive Theory of Substance Abuse, Beck and his colleagues...help us to understand the way the addicts' subjective interpretations of intrinsic and extrinsic stimuli lead to addictive behavior. They offer a carefully developed theoretical model, a sizable number of carefully structured therapeutic techniques, and illustrative examples of therapist-patient exchanges....One important aspect of this cognitive format is that its techniques can be combined with other therapeutic approaches to addiction, such as the use of AA, family supports, and social network supports....Practitioners of these modalities would do well to adapt the cognitive approach in their work. Such applications will indeed be of great value to an emerging body of substance abuse practitioners, whose techniques will inevitably be eclectic in nature.--American Journal of Psychiatry, 1/18/2001ff The strength of the authors' approach is exemplified by the clarity and concision of their writing, and by the operationalization of their constructs....Constitutes a 'gold standard' for the field. --Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy, 1/18/2001ff Dr. Beck's stamp is most definitely on this book. He brings a certain clarity to a direct, in-depth discussion of the use of cognitive therapy to treat substance abuse. This is a rich, utilitarian book for clinicians. --Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, 1/18/2001
Aaron T. Beck, MD, until his death in 2021, was Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania and President Emeritus of the Beck Institute for Cognitive Behavior Therapy. Internationally recognized as the founder of cognitive therapy, Dr. Beck has been credited with shaping the face of American psychiatry and was cited by American Psychologist as "one of the five most influential psychotherapists of all time." Dr. Beck was the recipient of awards including the Albert Lasker Clinical Medical Research Award, the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Psychological Association, the Distinguished Service Award from the American Psychiatric Association, the James McKeen Cattell Fellow Award in Applied Psychology from the Association for Psychological Science, and the Sarnat International Prize in Mental Health and Gustav O. Lienhard Award from the Institute of Medicine. He authored or edited numerous books for professionals and the general public.
1. Overview of Substance Abuse 2. Cognitive Model of Addiction 3. Theory and Therapy of Addiction 4. The Therapeutic Relationship and Its Problems 5. Formulation of the Case 6. Structure of the Therapy Session 7. Educating Patients in the Cognitive Model 8. Setting Goals 9. Techniques of Cognitive Therapy 10. Dealing with Craving/Urges 11. Focus on Beliefs 12. Managing General Life Problems 13. Crisis Intervention 14. Therapy of Depression in Addicted Individuals 15. Anger and Anxiety 16. Concomitant Personality Disorders 17. Relapse Prevention in the Cognitive Therapy of Substance Abuse Appendices