Managing Your Substance Use Disorder (Third Edition): Workbook

Substance use disorders represent a significant public health issue (Calabria et al., 2010), affecting around 6% of individuals in the US (SAMHSA, 2017). Symptoms include taking substances in large amounts or for longer than is recommended (despite the difficulties this causes), alongside intense urges and cravings. This often leads to problems with health, relationships, work, or leisure activities. Substance use disorders are sometimes accompanied by tolerance (needing to use more of the substance to achieve the same effect) and/or withdrawal (experiencing unpleasant side-effects when the substance is not used). 

Managing Substance Use Disorder is a comprehensive program to assist practitioners in delivering effective, evidence-based interventions. The program includes two books:

• Managing Substance Use Disorder: Practitioner Guide is the companion to this workbook. It details the step-by-step treatment plan for substance use disorder.
• Managing Your Substance Use Disorder: Workbook will help your patients become active participants in their treatment and learn how to

Each Treatments That Work® title is published as part of a pair:

• Clients use the Workbooks, which contain elements of psychoeducation, skills development, self-assessment quizzes, homework exercises, and record forms.
• Therapists use the Therapist Guides, which contain step-by-step instructions for teaching clients skills and overcoming common difficulties.

Although written for the client, the exercises in the workbook are intended to be carried out under the supervision of a mental health professional. The authors suggest that the most effective implementation of these exercises requires an understanding of the principles underlying the different procedures, and that mental health professionals should be familiar with the Managing Substance Use Disorder: Practitioner Guide, as well as this workbook. 

Therapists with an active subscription to a Psychology Tools ‘Complete’ plan are licensed to use Treatments That Work® titles, and to download and share chapters with their clients.

• American Psychiatric Association. (2010). Practice guideline for the treatment of patients with substance use disorders (2nd ed.). https://psychiatryonline.org/pb/assets/raw/sitewide/practice_guidelines/guidelines/substanceuse.pdf.
• Calabria, B., Degenhardt, L., Briegleb, C., Vos, T., Hall, W., Lynskey, M., Callaghan, B., Rana, U., & McLaren, J. (2010). Systematic review of prospective studies investigating “remission” from amphetamine, cannabis, cocaine or opioid dependence. Addictive Behaviors, 35, 741-749. DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2010.03.019.
• Dutra, L., Stathopoulou, G., Basden, S. L., Leyro, T. M., Powers, M. B., & Otto, M. W. (2008). A meta-analytic review of psychosocial interventions for substance use disorders. American Journal of Psychiatry, 165, 179-187. DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2007.06111851.
• National Institute for Health and Care Excellence. (2007). Drug misuse in over 16s: Psychosocial interventions (NICE guideline CG51). https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/CG51.
• National Institute for Health and Care Excellence. (2011). Alcohol-use disorders: Diagnosis, assessment, and management of harmful drinking (high-risk drinking) and alcohol dependence. https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/cg115.
• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. (2017). Key substance use and mental