Journal of Addictions & Offender Counseling articles

Recent articles from Journal of Addictions & Offender Counseling

Accredited addiction counseling programs: the future is upon us.(Editorial)
October 1, 2007... The profession of addiction counseling stands on the brink of an incredible opportunity with the writing of the third draft of the 2009 Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP) Standards. As you may have heard by now, this is the first time that a...

A qualitative study of recovering and nonrecovering substance abuse counselors' belief systems.(Report)
October 1, 2007... This study investigated recovering and nonrecovering substance abuse counselors' beliefs about the etiology and treatment of substance abuse disorders. Qualitative methods were used to investigate these variables. Analysis of the data revealed several key findings with implications for future...

Defensiveness in female college students and its impact on their MAST and CAGE scores.(alcoholism screening tests)(Report)
October 1, 2007... This study found a statistically significant inverse relationship between defensiveness and female college students' Michigan Alcoholism Screening Test (M. L. Selzer, 1971) and CAGE (J. A. Ewing, 1984) scores. Female college students who produce negative screening scores were more defensive...

Predicting sobriety from the employment status of dually diagnosed clients who are opiate dependent.(Report)
October 1, 2007... The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between Minnesota Mulfiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (E. S. Neukrug & R. C. Fawcett, 2006) profiles and employment status for clients who are opiate dependent. A discriminant function analysis indicated that employment was a...

Surviving Hurricane Katrina: winds of change transform a New Orleans addiction treatment agency.
October 1, 2007... Hurricane Katrina's impact on the operations of the largest residential, addiction treatment organization in New Orleans is described. Pre- and post-Katrina experiences are discussed and augmented with organizational performance data. Suggestions for future research are provided. ...