The methamphetamine crisis : strategies to save addicts, families, and communities

Covey, Herbert C. (Added Author).

Record details

ISBN: 0275993221 (alk. paper)
ISBN: 9780275993221 (alk. paper)
Physical Description: xvi, 276 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
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Publisher: Westport, Conn. : Praeger Publishers, 2007.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-264) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Pt. I. The basics of methamphetamine -- 1. What is methamphetamine and how and why is it used? / Herbert C. Covey -- 2. Prevalence of use and manufacture of methamphetamine in the United States - is the sky falling or is it not really a problem? / Herbert C. Covey -- Pt. II. The human side of clandestine methamphetamine labs and health risks of exposure -- 3. Methamphetamine production - lab identification and the dangers of making methamphetamine to families, children, and professionals / Lynn Riemer -- 4. The short- and long-term medical effects of methamphetamine on children and adults / Kathryn M. Wells -- 5. The environmental cleanup of methamphetamine labs / Colleen Brisnehan -- Pt. III. Case management and treatment for methamphetamine use - does anything work? -- 6. Case management with parents affected by methamphetamine addiction / Karen Mooney -- 7. Community-based treatment for methamphetamine addiction / Nicolas Taylor -- 8. A multisite comparison of psychosocial approaches for the treatment of methamphetamine dependence / Richard A. Rawson -- 9. Child welfare and methamphetamine / Herbert C. Covey -- 10. Tonya's story : words of experience from a methamphetamine addict in recovery / Tonya Wheeler -- 11. Samantha's story : words of experience from a methamphetamine addict in recovery / Samantha Cameron -- 12. Mother of a methamphetamine addict / Rhonda -- Pt. IV. Community responses to methamphetamine use and manufacture -- 13. Methamphetamine addiction : an integrated approach to case management, evaluation, and treatment / Angela Mead -- 14. Drug courts : an effective strategy for communities facing methamphetamine / C. West Huddleston III -- 15. A creative partnership among multiple systems : the El Paso County, Colorado, family treatment drug court / Shirley Rhodus and Julia Roguski.