Cocaine Addiction

Cocaine is America's fastest growing drug problem, especially since the appearance of "crack."  This concise, highly practical book is a detailed guide to clinical assessment and treatment of cocaine addiction, with emphasis on outpatient treatment and relapse prevention strategies.  In a straightforward, uncomplicated style, the author provides a wealth of practical information that is useful not only to professionals but also to cocaine users themselves, as well as to their families, friends, and employers--all of whom can benefit from an increased understanding of the addiction and its treatment.

"A clear and vivid picture fo cocaine addiction:  the drug, the progression fo drug dependence, and most important, the outpatient treatment recovery process."

-Sheila B. Blume, M.D., South Oaks Hospital, Amityville, New York

Arnold M. Washton, Ph.D, a licensed psychologist, founded the first cocaine helpline in the United States.  He has specialized in treating addictions since 1975, and maintains a private practice of addiction psychology in New York City and Princeton, New Jersey.  He also serves on the faculty of NYU School of Medicine as Clinical Professor of Psychiatry in the Division of Alcohol and Substance Abuse.  Dr. Waston is internationally known clinician, researcher, and lecturer, and his publications include over forty journal articles and nine books.