Addictions category: 667 books
Harm Reduction Psychotherapy
A New Treatment for Drug and Alcohol Problems
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2007
This ground-breaking volume provides readers with both an overview of harm reduction therapy and a series of ten case studies, treated by different therapists, that vividly illustrate this treatment approach with a wide variety of clients.
Harm reduction is a framework for helping drug and alcohol...
Addictive Substances and Neurological Disease
Alcohol, Tobacco, Caffeine, and Drugs of Abuse in Everyday Lifestyles
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2017
Addictive Substances and Neurological Disease: Alcohol, Tobacco, Caffeine, and Drugs of Abuse in Everyday Lifestyles is a complete guide to the manifold effects of addictive substances on the brain, providing readers with the latest developing research on how these substances are implicated in neurological...
Inside the Mind of a Borderline Personality, My Life and Recovery with BPD
A Book on Borderline Personality Disorder
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2018
This is Matthew's story about his trials and tribulations of life while dealing with several mental health conditions. His story goes from birth until 35 years of age, and it is one hell of a ride with its peeks and lows, and even more lows to the point of suicide. He lived and survived a rollar-coaster...
by George F. Koob, Michel Le Moal, Michael A. Arends
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2014
Drugs, Addiction, and the Brain explores the molecular, cellular, and neurocircuitry systems in the brain that are responsible for drug addiction. Common neurobiological elements are emphasized that provide novel insights into how the brain mediates the acute rewarding effects of drugs of abuse and...
Disrupt
The Process of Drug Addiction
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2017
Reading "DISRUPT: THE PROCESS OF DRUG ADDICTION", will transform your life! Drug addiction is a process, consequently, when the process of addiction is disrupted benefits flourish. Moreover, just by opening the pages of this book, 'Disrupt: The Process of Drug Addiction' you have taken the...
The Addiction Solution
Treating Our Dependence on Opioids and Other Drugs
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2018
A groundbreaking, “timely and well-written” (Booklist, starred review) guide to addiction from a psychiatrist and public health doctor, offering practical, proven solutions for individuals, families, and communities dealing with substance use and abuse.
Written with warmth, accessibility,...
Working with Drug and Alcohol Users
A Guide to Providing Understanding, Assessment and Support
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2012
Working with Drug and Alcohol Users provides an accessible guide to substance use and working with substance users.
Using transactional analysis theory, the author explains why some people use substances, exploring different personality types, and covers the basic components of drug counseling....
High
Drugs, Desire, and a Nation of Users
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2017
Whether drinking Red Bull, relieving chronic pain with oxycodone, or experimenting with Ecstasy, Americans participate in a culture of self-medication, using psychoactive substances to enhance or manage our moods. A �drug-free America� seems to be a fantasyland that most people don�t want to...
by Bernard Segal
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2014
Here you’ll find perceptive critical analyses of areas of concern within the field that have important implications for both research endeavors and clinical intervention.
by Ron Potter-Efron, Patricia Potter-Efron
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2013
This insightful new book sheds light directly on shame and guilt--interactive aspects of the human condition that are deeply involved in the development and treatment of alcoholism and chemical dependency. Contributors to this valuable book discuss the process of healing internalized shame within...
Genetic Influences on Addiction
An Intermediate Phenotype Approach
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2013
A comprehensive review of research examining intermediary mechanisms to understand the link between genetic variation and addiction liability.
Although there is scientific consensus that genetic factors play a substantial role in an individual's vulnerability to drug or alcohol addiction, specific...
Group Psychotherapy with Addicted Populations
An Integration of Twelve-Step and Psychodynamic Theory, Third Edition
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2007
Be more effective in group therapy with addicted clients
Group Psychotherapy with Addicted Populations: An Integration of Twelve-Step and Psychodynamic Theory, Third Edition is the newly revised edition of the classic text, that provides you with proven strategies for defeating alcohol and drug addiction through group psychotherapy. Phili
Substance Abuse as Symptom
A Psychoanalytic Critique of Treatment Approaches and the Cultural Beliefs That Sustain Them
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2013
What can psychoanalysis contribute to an understanding of the etiology, treatment, and prevention of substance abuse? Here, Louis Berger contests both the orthodox view of substance abuse as a "disease" explicable within the medical model, and the fashionable dissenting view that substance...
Creating Communities for Addiction Recovery
The Oxford House Model
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2014
Learn to create a positive research/action alliance similar to that of DePaul University and the Oxford House community
This book reviews important research conducted in a 13-year collaborative partnership between Oxford House (a community-based, self-run residential substance abuse recovery...