Addictions:
A Comprehensive Guidebook

Second edition of seminal textbook for Addiction, providing basic information on each alcohol and each type of drug of abuse, as well as etiology, epidemiology, treatment, special populations, policy, and prevention.

Overcoming Alcohol Use Problems:
A Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment
Program Therapist Manual

A manual for therapists to deliver an individual therapy modality of cognitive-behavioral coping treatment for alcohol use problems. This treatment protocol provides a session by session guide for therapists to do assessment of alcohol and related problems, then CBT, Motivational Enhancement Therapy, and Relapse Prevention to attain and maintain abstinence, and also to address co-morbid problems like depression and anxiety.   

Overcoming Alcohol Use Problems:
A Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment Program Workbook

This is the patient's workbook to accompany the therapist individual CBT manual.  The workbook contains informational handouts and worksheets to learn and practice new skills.  Each patient can use this workbook either in conjunction with therapist's guiding via the therapist manual (recommended), or patient can use the workbook for self-guided change.  

Overcoming Alcohol Problems:
A Couples-Focused Program Workbook

This is the patient's workbook with informational handouts and worksheets to practice new skills,  to accompany the  therapist  couples-focused CBT manual.  Best used in conjunction with therapist administering the therapy, or couples can use the workbook for self-guided change. 

Overcoming Alcohol Problems:
A Couples-Focused Program Therapist Guide

A manual for marital/couple or family therapist to deliver this CBT and Motivational Enhancement therapy  for alcohol use problems treatment with a significant other attending all or some sessions to  help the spouse/family member  learn effective ways to support abstinence as well as to repair and enhance the marital/couple/family relationship.  This is  an abstinence-based treatment that helps couples work together to attain abstinence, repair relationship damage, and protect against relapse. 

Publications

List of Selected Scientific Publications

Selected (out of 72) peer reviewed Scientific Publications

Epstein, E.E., McCrady, B.S., Hallgren, K.A.,Gaba, A.,  Cook, S.,  Jensen, N.K.,  Hildebrandt, T., Holzhauer, C., & Litt, M. (2018).  Individual versus Group Female-Specific Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Alcohol Use Disorder. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 88, 27-43.

Epstein, E.E., McCrady, B.S., Hallgren, K.A., Cook, S., & Jensen, N.K., & Hildebrandt, T.  (2018). A Randomized Trial of Female-Specific Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Alcohol Dependent Women.  Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 32 (1), 1-15.

McCrady, B.S., Epstein, E.E., Hallgren, K.A., Cook, S., & Jensen, N.K. (2016). Women with alcohol dependence: A randomized trial of couple versus individual plus couple therapy. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors. Vol 30(3), 287-299

Epstein, E.E., McCrady, B.S., Cook, S.N., Jensen, N., Gaba, A., Steinberg, M.L., Bold, K. (2015). Non-ETOH drug use among women in outpatient treatment for alcohol dependence. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 146, e272.

Steinberg, M.L., Williams, J.M., Gandhi, K.K., Foulds, J., Epstein, E.E., & Brandon, T.H. (2013). Task persistence predicts smoking cessation in smokers with and without schizophrenia.  Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 26(4):850-858, 2012.

Farris, S., Epstein, E.E., McCrady, B.S., & Hunter-Reel, D.   (2012).  Do Co-morbid Anxiety Disorders Predict Drinking Outcomes in Women with Alcohol Use Disorders? Alcohol and Alcoholism, 47, (2),143-148.

Cohn, A.M., Epstein, E.E., McCrady, B.S., Jensen, N., Hunter-Reel, D., Green, K.E., Drapkin, M.L. (2011). Pre-Treatment Clinical and Risk Correlates of Substance Use Disorder Patients with Primary Depression. J Stud Alcohol Drugs. Jan;72(1):151-7.

Epstein, E.E., Fischer-Elber, K., & Al Otaiba, Z.  (2007). Women, Aging, and Alcohol Use Disorders. Journal of Women & Aging, 19(1/2), 31-48. Their Treatment . 6(1), 1-19.

Epstein, E.E., McCrady, B.S., Morgan, T.J., Cook, S.M., Kugler, G., & Ziedonis, D. (2007a).  Couples Treatment for drug-dependent males.  Addictive Disorders & Their Treatment 6(1), 21-37.

McCrady, B.S., Epstein, E.E., & Kahler, C. (2004).  Alcoholics Anonymous and relapse prevention as maintenance strategies after conjoint behavioral alcohol treatment for men: 18-month outcomes. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 72 (5), 870-878.

Selected Chapters

McCrady, B.S. & Epstein, E.E. (2015).  Couple Therapy in the Treatment of Alcohol Problems. In D.K. Synder  & Lebow, J. (Eds.) The Clinical Handbook of Marital Therapy. New York:    Guilford Press. 72

Epstein, E.E., & Menges, D. (2013). Women and Addiction. In B.S. McCrady & E.E. Epstein (Eds.) Addictions: A Comprehensive Guidebook, second edition. New York: Oxford University Press.

Epstein, E.E., Green, K., & Drapkin, M. (2010).  Relapse Prevention of depression and Substance Abuse. (pp. 227-249)  In  C.S. Richards & M.G. Perri (Eds.) Relapse Prevention for Depression. Washington D.C.: American Psychological Association.

Selected Workshops

Epstein, E.E. (2017,  2018, 2019) Everything You Never Wanted to Know about Alcohol. And some things that might come in handy to know about stress and fun. Presented at National Guard Student Flight Drill, Barnes Air Force Base, Massachusetts.

Epstein, E.E. (2017) Protecting your Psychological and Relationship Health. Presented at National Guard Yellow Ribbon pre-deployment drill. Fitchburg, Massachusetts.

Epstein, E.E. & Holzhauer, C. G. (2017). PTSD and Substance Use.  Project New Hope Veterans’ Retreat, Groton, Massachusetts.

Epstein, E.E. (2014). Cognitive Behavioral Treatment for Substance Use Problems.  College Counseling Center, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ

McCrady, B.S., & Epstein, E.E. (2013).  Alcohol Behavioral Couple Therapy.  Cone Women’s Hospital, Greensboro, North Carolina.

Epstein, E.E. & McCrady, B.S. (2012). Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Women with Alcohol Use Disorders: Individual and Group Modalities. Advancements in Behavioral and Cognitive Therapy conference, Baltimore, MD

Other Resources

Informative Links

Find treatment for alcohol use problems, National Institute on Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse Treatment Navigator: https://alcoholtreatment.niaaa.nih.gov/

Learn how to manage fear and sadness from a leading psychologist at Hofstra University: 
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Learn more about CBT:   http://www.abct.org/Home/

Learn more about psychology:   https://www.apa.org/

Read about the latest in psychology: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us

Learn all about alcohol, alcohol use disorders and new scientific findings:  https://www.niaaa.nih.gov/

Learn all about drugs, drug abuse and science based findings:  https://www.drugabuse.gov/

Find suboxone and other addiction providers, learn about substance abuse:  https://www.samhsa.gov/medication-assisted-treatment/physician-program-data/treatment-physician-locator

Read one mother’s story to fight drug abuse in our children:   https://www.zoe-story.com/

Educate yourself about Narcan, the reversal medication for opiate overdose that you can carry in your pocket: https://www.drugabuse.gov/related-topics/opioid-overdose-reversal-naloxone-narcan-evzio

Learn about drug abuse prevention:  https://drugfree.org/

Parent training to prevent and cope with substance abuse among loved ones:  https://www.centeronaddiction.org/the-buzz-blog/jeff-foote-phd-shares-his-expertise-parent-coaching-addiction-treatment

Excellent cutting-edge book about addiction and treatment:  https://motivationandchange.com/beyond-addiction/

Peer support Sites for addiction: https://refugerecovery.org/,  https://www.aa.org/, https://www.na.org/, https://www.smartrecovery.org/

Peer support site for families struggling with mental illness: https://www.nami.org/