Social workers encounter individuals with substance use disorders (SUDs) in a variety of
settings. With changes in health care policy and a movement toward integration of health …

Implementing evidence-based psychosocial or behavioral treatments for clients with
substance use disorders (SUDs) presents significant challenges. In this article, we first …

Social workers have worked with individuals with substance use disorders (SUD) and their
families in a multitude of settings since the beginning of the social work profession in the …

With an estimated 9% of the population in the United States having a substance use
disorder, it is a rare social worker that has not encountered a substance abuser or a family …

Data from a national study of 345 privately funded, community-based substance use
disorder (SUD) treatment centers were used to investigate social workers' knowledge …

The social costs of substance abuse problems in the United States are staggering. Although
social work has a long history of working in the substance abuse field, the profession does …

There are numerous reasons why substance abuse has emerged as a major concern in the
United States. The widespread distribution and use of cocaine among all social classes and …

The purpose of this study was to examine factors that may be associated with variation in
social workers' perceptions of effectiveness, perceptions of acceptability, and use of …

There is a clear and pressing need for health professionals, including social workers, to be
trained in evidence-based practices (EBPs) in the area of substance use disorders (SUD) …

Objective: This article reports the integration and outcomes of implementing intervention
services for substance use disorder (SUD) in three New York City public sexually transmitted …