Substance Use Problems , a volume in the Advances in Psychotherapy: Evidence Based Practice series

“Interspersed with great clinical insights, this book will not only appeal to practitioners but also to researchers striving to close the distance that sometimes exists between theory and practice.” Derek Heim, PhD, Professor of Psychology, Edge Hill University, Ormskirk, UK; Editor-in-Chief, Addiction Research and Theory

Mitch Earleywine, PhD, is Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University at Albany, State University of New York, where he teaches drugs and human behavior, substance abuse treatment, and clinical research methods. He has received over 20 teaching commendations, including the coveted General Education Teaching Award from the University of Southern California. His research funding has come from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, the Alcoholic Beverage Medical Research Foundation, and the Marijuana Policy Project. He serves on the editorial boards of four psychology journals, reviews for over a dozen, and has more than 120 publications on drug use and abuse, including Understanding Marijuana (Oxford University Press, 2002). He served as Chair of the Board of Directors for the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, and is a member of the Research Society on Alcoholism, the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, and the Drug Policy Alliance.