Introduction

Social workers provide services to many people suffering, either directly or indirectly, from addiction to alcohol and other drugs. Substance related disorders challenge social workers as a public health issue linked with poverty, violence, and family stress. Social workers need comprehensive education regarding effective prevention, assessment, and treatment strategies for these disorders.

This bibliography has been designed to help meet this need for social worker education regarding substance abuse and addiction. It is designed for social work educators, with the purpose of infusing social work education with substance abuse content. Prepared by the Behavioral Healthcare Resource Program, University of North Carolina School of social Work, with support from the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) through the North Carolina Initiative of the Mid-Atlantic Addiction Technology Transfer Center, this bibliography has screened existing social work literature from the past decade to find materials that address drug and alcohol use, abuse and treatment. The sources from which the entries were culled are primarily for the social work discipline. Searches of several computerized data bases were conducted using a multi-pronged search strategy. Articles are sorted by social work topic area so that faculty may easily incorporate material from the bibliography into their syllabi.

Of course, no such effort could be error-free. We welcome suggestions of additional books and articles, especially if you have found them useful in your teaching. If you would like to share ideas or suggestions, or if you would like additional information, you may contact the Behavioral Healthcare Resource Program at the School of Social Work, University of North Carolina at (919) 962-4372 or email Anna Scheyett at amscheye@email.unc.edu

We would like to thank CSAT, the North Carolina Initiative of the Mid-Atlantic ATTC, and Celia Hartnett for her research efforts in the development of this bibliography. The support of the Substance Abuse Section of the North Carolina Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Services, and the School of Social Work and its Dean, Richard Edwards, were also invaluable in the creation of this product.