Addiction and therapy

This manual provides state-of-the-art, practical materials to detect, prevent, and intervene with older adults who are at-risk and problem drinkers.

In this updated edition of Substance Abuse and the Family, Michael D.

Here is helpful information about joint activities for prevention researchers and practitioners.

A self-help manual for partners affected by sex addiction.

Here is a diverse compilation of current knowledge in public mental health marketing.

The Prevention Specialist Exam Study Guide helps readers to understand the competencies and knowledge necessary to become a Prevention Specialist (PS) and adequately prepares prevention professionals to pass the Prevention Specialist certification exam.

What does extremism mean?

If you are struggling to help a loved one recover from addiction--and to cope with the devastating impact on the whole family--you are not alone.

A psychiatrist examines how the world's four most important mind-altering substances- alcohol, cocaine, nicotine, and opiates-have played a significant role throughout human history, and explains how these powerful drugs affect the brain and cause addiction.

This book offers an accessible and comprehensive yet compact description of various forms of addiction, a disorder suffered by one in every 10 people in the United States.

Der Konsum legaler und illegaler Suchtstoffe wie Alkohol, Cannabis, Kokain, Heroin, zuletzt aber auch vermehrt synthetischer Drogen ist weit verbreitet.

This timely volume explores the possible reasons that young people turn to drugs, the most effective methods to manage those who are afflicted, and ways to educate youth to prevent their initial drug involvement.

Grief and Addiction illuminates the role of grief work in addiction counseling, encouraging counselors to be more comprehensive in their treatment and to increase empathy for what the treatment process is asking of clients.

A Psychoanalytic Approach to Smoking Cessation: The Cigarette as a Transitional Object provides an accessible understanding to the unconscious motive behind smoking addiction using Winnicott's concept of the transitional object.

Responding to Drug Misuse provides a unique insight into the current shape of the drugs treatment system in England.

The editors of this volume have assembled recent articles discussing elements of each of the several commonly used psychosocial interventions -- including relapse prevention therapy, community reinforcement, voucher-based programs, self-help therapies, and motivational enhancement therapy--in addition to research-based articles that demonstrate the efficacy of these approaches.

Immer mehr Personen, die sich selbst als "sexsüchtig" bezeichnen, suchen um therapeutische Hilfe nach.

Only the very rare among us are completely unscathed by the effects of addiction - our own, that of a family member, friend, or coworker.

Isn't it unethical to pay people to do what they should be doing anyway?

Smoking tobacco presents serious social problems with major impacts on public health.

Originally published in 1987, Helping the Problem Drinker addressed the realisation that only a small proportion of problem drinkers ever contacted existing treatment agencies, and that therefore a more comprehensive community-oriented approach should be developed.

The need for health and social services to be trauma- and violence-informed has never been so pressing.

This raw and emotional tale is a roller coaster through the depths of addiction, tragedy, hard work, and redemption that truly reflects Joe's spirit and determination to stay clean in a world where he is surrounded by temptation.

Chemical Dependency and Antisocial Personality Disorder gives you the information and clinical skills necessary to assess and evaluate persons suffering from substance abuse and/or antisocial personality disorders and details how you can develop effective psychotherapy and treatment strategies.

A comprehensive overview of opioid use throughout human history, current problems surrounding opioid abuse, and suggested approaches to solving these problems.

In the time of Freud, the typical psychoanalytic patient was afflicted with neurotic disorders; however, the modern-day psychotherapy patient often suffers instead from a variety of addictive disorders.

A comprehensive addiction treatment model combining evidence-based techniques with twelve-step philosophy.

Through Homelessness Prevention in Treatment of Substance Abuse and Mental Illness: Logic Models and Implementation of Eight American Projects, psychiatrist, psychologists, and social workers will discover the results of eight, three-year long development projects funded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) designed to prevent homelessness in high- risk populations who have problems with alcoholism, drug abuse, and/or mental illness.

Cannabis Criminology explores the prohibition, decriminalization, and liberalization of cannabis policy through the lens of criminological and sociological theory, essential concepts, and cannabis research.

Co-existing mental health and drug and alcohol problems occur frequently in primary care and clinical settings.

In Sex, Drugs, and Creativity: The Search for Magic in a Disenchanted World, Kahoud and Knafo take a close look at omnipotent fantasies in three domains: sex, drugs, and creativity.

This book provides professionals with the confidence and know-how to build a complete substance misuse management programme and deliver it within their respective workplace, regardless of sector or discipline.

Doping has become one of the most important and high-profile issues in contemporary sport.

This book investigates the profound and complex impact of the opioid epidemic on schools in the United States, focusing on diverse aspects such as its history, legislative responses, trends, and implications for students, educators, and schools.

Mutual-help groups have proliferated, diversified and adapted to emerging substance-related trends over the past 75 years, and have been the focus of rigorous research for the past 30 years.

Real solutions to the unexpected threats that endanger long-term recovery written for a woman's unique experience.

More than a hundred years have passed since the adoption of the first prohibitionist laws on drugs.

Seit das DSM 5 die »Internet Gambling Disorder« als Störungsbild unter Vorbehalt auswies, sind Medien erstmals in den Einzugsbereich therapeutischen Handelns gerückt.

In Practicing Prodependence: The Clinical Alternative to Codependency Treatment, Drs.

The second and completely revised edition of the Routledge Handbook of Youth and Young Adulthood draws on the work of leading academics from four continents in order to introduce up-to-date perspectives on a wide range of issues that affect and shape youth and young adulthood.

Addictions have increased markedly in contemporary societies over the past decades.

In recent years, the reduction of alcohol-related harm has emerged as a major policy issue across Europe.

Treating Addictions: The Four Components offers a unique and coherent understanding of addiction.

This book is intended to contribute to the World Health Organization's (WHO) global strategy to reduce the harmful use of alcohol.

Suchtkranke sind fast immer umgeben von mehreren nahestehenden Menschen, die ihnen helfen und sie aus der Sucht befreien wollen und sich darüber co-abhängig verstricken.

The Wiley Concise Guides to Mental Health: Substance Use Disorders uses clear, highly accessible language to guide the reader through the entire continuum of addiction care and present the latest scientific understanding of substance use and abuse.

This book presents research into gambling, showing the psychological variables that govern erosion or maintenance of self-control.

Even as the popularity of videogames has skyrocketed, a dark cloud continues to hang over them.

Filled with helpful resources and illuminating case studies, Healing Addiction provides you with an integrative guide to understanding and treating addiction that brings together the latest neuroscience, pharmacology, social understanding, and psychological research.