Addictions category: 667 books
by A. J. Puthuva
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2012
This book is a psychological investigation into the relationship between addiction and intimacy, employing an Attachment and Object Relations theoretical perspectives. The hypothesis of this book is that certain early childhood attachment experience is translated in adolescence as a propensity for...
BINGE CRAZY
A Psychotherapist's Memoir of Food Addiction, Mental Illness, Obesity and Recovery
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2019
In Binge Crazy, therapist Natalie Gold discloses her lived experience to reveal how binge eating disorder and food addiction develops, how it impacts the individual and their loved ones, and the complex road to recovery. From a Toronto mental hospital to a talk show in London, England, she chronicles...
Help For Drug Addicts
A Self-Help Book About Drug Addiction Symptoms, Drug Abuse Intervention, Drug Rehab, The 12 Step Program And Other Treatments And Support For Drug Addiction Recovery So You Can Heal Yourself From Substance Abuse
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2012
Life can sometimes get very difficult and hard to take. Different people cope in different ways with the stress that life brings. Regrettably, drugs have become the most prominent coping mechanism that people use to deal with life’s problems. Drugs can be medical wonders if taken properly. They...
Clearing the Haze
Helping Families Face Teen Addiction
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2015
Often it is difficult for parents to recognize when their child is abusing alcohol, using illegal drugs, or in trouble with other substances that are hazardous to their health, safety, and wellbeing. Clearing the Haze is a guide designed to help parents determine whether their child may have a substance...
Sexual Health in Recovery
A Professional Counselor's Manual
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2010
Based on a curriculum that was successfully implemented and evaluated at Stepping Stone, a drug and alcohol treatment program in San Diego, Sexual Health in Recovery offers counselors a chance to understand and integrate basic sexual health principles into their work. Addiction treatment professionals...
Criminal Conduct and Substance Abuse Treatment for Adolescents: Pathways to Self-Discovery and Change
The Provider's Guide
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2012
This Provider's Guide introduces a comprehensive and developmentally appropriate treatment program,, Pathways for Self-Discovery and Change (PSDC), which provides the specific tools necessary for improving evaluation and treatment of at-risk youth, a particularly vulnerable patient population in the...
The Pointing Finger
Accusation, Addiction and OCD
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2015
Are you the target of accusation?
Have you battled with addiction?
Do you suffer with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)?
If you, or someone you know, can answer yes to any of these questions, then this book will provide practical help and guidance.
Steve Hawkins openly describes...
Cocaine
Pharmacology, Addiction, and Therapy
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2014
Here is a timely volume that reviews the current state of knowledge of cocaine use. Some of the country’s leading authorities on cocaine use and abuse examine the pharmacology and neurochemistry of central stimulant abuse with a focus on the specific effects of cocaine. They also address recent...
Finding a New Tribe
Helping Young Men Heal From Childhood Sexual Abuse and Addiction
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2016
When addiction and trauma related to sexual abuse co-occur in the lives of young men the processes of treatment and recovery are significantly complicated. Many cycle through treatment centers at alarming rates through involuntary discharge or leaving AMA. Brennon Moore’s approach combines empathic...
by T.S. Christensen
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2017
From the age of seven to the age of approximately thirty-seven, I was addicted to pornography. By the age of thirty-seven, I was experiencing such emotional, psychological, and spiritual pain as a result of the addiction that I frequently wanted to kill myself. Through a series of events, I began...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2012
Harm Reduction is a philosophy of public health intended as a progressive alternative to the prohibition of certain potentially dangerous lifestyle choices. Recognising that certain people always have and always will engage in behaviours which carry risks, the aim of harm reduction is to mitigate...
by David E. Newton
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2018
Dependence on opioids has grown into an epidemic, its effects felt globally and most of all in the United States. The Opioid Crisis: A Reference Handbook provides a detailed and accurate history of opioid use, helping readers to understand how the crisis developed, as well as a review of problems...
by Cizia ZYKE
Language: French
Release Date: January 6, 2013
Language: French
Release Date: January 6, 2013
Amsterdam, pont du Shippergracht. Sous l'arche de pierre enjambant le canal, à deux pas du quartier des touristes, quelques dizaines de paumés attendent la mort à laquelle les voue l'héroïne. Il y a là Susan, séropositive, qui, pour se procurer sa poudre,...
Women and Problem Gambling
Therapeutic insights into understanding addiction and treatment
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2013
Addiction is much misunderstood. Women and addictive gambling even more so, and for many years women have suffered in silence. This book explores how lonely, troubled lives and damaging relationships lead to the trap of problem gambling, the anxiety and chaos whilst locked inside, and then offers...