MbShea@PWP@English@UMCP

Beginning: Hook audience with brief overview of cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) and some helpful facts / tips regarding drug abusers. This will lay the foundation for the patient guide.

Middle: Discuss and critique recent literature on the use of CBT to treat substance abusers. Move into a hypothetical case study that employs the best CBT techniques based on the critiques of past studies.

End: Remind audience of general best therapy practices and acknowledge the relatively new nature of CBT. Suggest additional reading on CBT and drug abuse for more information regarding this topic.

Logos: 1) CBT best practices 2) data on drug abuse 3) significance / insignificance on using CBT to treat drug abusers 4) critiques on CBT practices in therapy

Pathos: 1) Quotes from drug-abusing patients benefitting from CBT as seen in past studies 2) Hypothetical case study which employs best practices 3) prevalence of drug abuse and lack of effective treatment for it

Ethos: Credibility from CBT experts, such as psychiatrists and research psychologists, who have written numerous papers on CBT and drug abuse

Structure: What to know (overview of CBT, stats about drug abuse) + transition (maybe an FAQ, maybe put hypothetical case study here) + how to do (critique of literature, list of best practices, maybe put hypothetical case study here, apply best practices to case study) + what to know (general best therapy techniques)

Goal: Gather best clinical practices of CBT to treat drug abusers that can be used by psychiatrists, psychologists, and CBT therapists

M, as you describe this document, I see this as a seminar paper in a counseling MS or PhD program. Looks like a good plan, which is really a review of the literature, as part of training in such a program.

Have you found quotes from patients you can use? Ask me about a composite approach for these quotes, you might want to use, if you cannot have access to what is often private information.