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References

Authors

Bratton, Mary. A Guide to Family Intervention. Deerfield Beach, FL: Health Communications, Inc., 1987.

Fajardo, Roque. Helping Your Alcoholic Before He or She Hits Bottom: Guided Intervention. Athens, GA: S.M.I.T.H Meeting Press, 1976.

Johnson, Vernon E., D.D. I'll Quit Tomorrow. Minneapolis, MN: Johnson Institute, 1980

Johnson, Vernon E., D.D. Intervention: How to Help Someone Who Doesn't Want Help. Minneapolis, MN: Johnson Institute, 1986

Johnson Institute-QVS, Inc. Training Families to do a Successful Intervention: A Professional's Guide. Minneapolis, MN: Johnson Institute, 1996.

Pinkham, Mary Ellen. How to Stop the One You Love From Drinking. New York, NY: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1986.

Vaughn, Joe. Family Intervention: Hope for Families Struggling with Alcohol and Drugs. Louisville, KY: Westminster/John Knox Press, 1989.

White, Robert, MA, CEAP and D. G. Wright, MA, Editors. Addiction Intervention: Strategies to Motivate Treatment-Seeking Behaviors. New York, NY: The Harvard Press, 1998.

Suggested Books on Intervention

Addiction Intervention: Strategies to Motivate Treatment-Seeking Behavior, by Robert K. White and Deborah G. Wright, The Haworth Press, 1998

A Guide to Family Intervention, by Mary Bratton, Health Communications, Inc., 1987

Detachment vs. Intervention: Is There a Conflict?, Johnson Institute/Hazelden, #3217

Family Intervention: Hope for Families Struggling with Alcohol and Drugs, by Joe Vaughn, Westminster/John Knox Press, 1989

Family Intervention: Positive Action You Can Take to Help a Loved One- and Yourself- to Break the Cycle of Addiction and Codependency, by Frank L. Picard, Prentice Hall/ Parkside, 1991

Family Intervention Primer: How You Can Help and Feel Good About It, Hazelden #3084

Intervention: How to Help Someone Who Doesn't Want Help, A Step-by-Step Guide for Families and Friends of Chemically Dependent Persons, Johnson Institute, 1986.

Love First: A New Approach to Intervention for Alcoholism & Drug Addiction, by Jeff Jay and Debra Jay, Hazelden, 2000

The Family Enablers, Hazelden #3221

Training Families to Do a Successful Intervention: A Professional's Guide, Johnson Institute, 1996

Many of these publications can be ordered online www.hazelden.org/bookplace or by calling Hazelden at 651-213-4000.

Research References

Barber, J. G. & Gilbertson, R. (1996) An experimental study of Brief Unilateral Intervention for the partners of heavy drinkers, Research on Social Work Practice, 6(3), 325-336.

Barber, J. G. & Gilbertson, R. (1997) Unilateral intervention for the partner of heavy drinkers, Social Work, 42(1), 69-77.

Fearing, J. (1996) Statistically speaking: A comparative analysis of the inpatient chemical dependency treatment experience between professionally intervened patients and self-referred patients, Treatment Today, 8(2), 10-11.

Fearing, J. (2000) Changes in the intervention process, The Phoenix Magazine, in press

Kirby, K. C., Marlowe, D. B., Festinger, D. S., Garvey, K. A., & Lamonaca, V. ((1999) Community reinforcement training for family and significant others of drug abusers: A unilateral intervention to increase treatment entry of drug users. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 56, 85-96.

Laundau, J. , Stanton, M. D., Brinkman-Sull, D., Ikle, D., McCormick, D., Garrett, J., Baciewicz, G., Shea, R., Browning, A., Wanboldt, F. (2002) Outcomes with the ARISE approach to Engaging Reluctant Drug- and Alcohol- Dependent Individuals in Treatment, Pre-publication, presently under journal review.

Liepman, M. R., Nirenberg, T. D., & Begin, A. M. (1989) Evaluation of a program designed to help family and significant others to motivate resistant alcoholics into recovery, American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 15, 209-221.

Logan, D.G. (1983) Getting alcoholics to treatment by social network intervention, Hospital and Community Psychiatry, 34(4), 360-361.

Meyers, R. J., Dominguez, T. & Smith, J. E. (1996) Community reinforcement training with concerned others, in: HASSELT, V.B. & HERSEN, M.I. (Eds) Sourcebook of Psychological Treatment Manuals for Adult Disorders, pp. 257-294 (New York, Plenum Press).

Meyers, R. J., Hill, D. E., Waldorf, V. A., Yahne, C. E., Miller, E. J., Lopez, V. C., Miller, W. R., & Tonigan, J. S. (1998) Changing substance abuse through the use of Community Reinforcement Training (Online). Available at: http://www.unm.edu/~craft/abstracts.html#Changing substance abuse.

Miller, W.R., Meyers, R.J. & Tonigan, J.S. ((1999) Engaging the unmotivated in treatment for alcohol problems: A comparison of three intervention strategies, Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 67(5), 688-697.

Speare Intervention Counseling Associates (2000) Systemic Family Intervention (Online). Available at: http://www.speareintervention.com/intervention.html.

Szapoznik, J., Perez-Vidal, A., Brickman, A.L., Foote, F.F., Santisteban, D., Hervis, O. & Kurtines, W.M. (1988) Engaging adolescent drug abusers and their families in treatment: A strategic structural-systems approach, Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 56(4), 552-557.

Thomas, E.J., Adams, K.B., Yoshioka, M.R. & Ager, R.D. (1990) Unilateral relationship enhancement in the treatment of spouses for uncooperative alcohol abusers, American Journal of Family Therapy, 18, 334-344.

Waldorf, V.A., Hill, D.E., Meyers, R.J., Lopez, V.C., Abeita, L., & Miller, W.R. (1998) If you advertise, they will come: Engaging resistant substance abusers in treatment through Community Reinforcement Training with concerned significant others (Online). Available at: http://www.unm.edu/~craft/abstracts.html#If you advertise.