Birmingham:Clinical:Curriculum: Addictions

HALF DAY	Models addictions HALF DAY	Assessment of Addiction Problems HALF DAY	Addiction and the Family HALF DAY	Substance Misuse and Mental Health Problems FULL DAY	Psychological Approaches for Substance Misuse; An introduction to formulation and planning interventions

Core reading

Copello, A., Orford, J., Velleman, R., Templeton, L. & Krishnan, M. (2000). Methods for reducing alcohol and drug related family norm in non-specialist settings. Journal of Mental Health, 9, 329-343.

Edwards, G. et al (1997). The treatment of drinking behaviours- A guide to the helping

Hurcom, C., Copello, A. and Orford, J. (2000). The family and alcohol: Effects of excessive drinking and conceptualisations of spouses over recent decades. Substance Use and Misuse, 35,473-502.

Miller, W.R. & Rollnick, S. Motivational Interviewing: Preparing people to change addictive behaviours. Guilford Press: New York. (2nd Edn.), 2002.

Miller W.R. & Tonigan, J.S. (1996). Assessing drinker's motivation for change: The stages of change. Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 56, 51-59. Peterson, T. & McBride, A. (Eds). Working with substance nlisusers: A guide to theory and practice. Routledge: London; New York (2002)

Rollnick, S et al (1992). Development of a short `readiness to change' questionnaire for use in brief interventions. British Journal of Addiction, 87, 743-754.

Velleman R., Copello A., and Maslin J. (Eds) (1998). Living with Drink: women who live with problem drinkers. Addison Wesley Longman.