Rethinking Substance Abuse

Rethinking Substance Abuse
Author: William R. Miller
Publisher: Guilford Press
Total Pages: 337
Release: 2011-08-18
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1606236997

While knowledge on substance abuse and addictions is expanding rapidly, clinical practice still lags behind. This book brings together leading experts to describe what treatment and prevention would look like if it were based on the best science available. The volume incorporates developmental, neurobiological, genetic, behavioral, and social–environmental perspectives. Tightly edited chapters summarize current thinking on the nature and causes of alcohol and other drug problems; discuss what works at the individual, family, and societal levels; and offer robust principles for developing more effective treatments and services.

Blowing Smoke

Blowing Smoke
Author: Michael J. Reznicek
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 233
Release: 2012
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1442215143

Blowing Smoke argues that we are losing the drug war because of our devotion to the disease model of substance abuse. That model has become the driving force for our two main strategies in the war: prohibition laws and drug rehab. The book traces the history and science behind each to show how they paradoxically enable drug use.

Beyond Addiction

Beyond Addiction
Author: Jeffrey Foote
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 336
Release: 2014-02-18
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1476709475

The most innovative leaders in progressive addiction treatment in the US offer a groundbreaking, science-based guide to helping loved ones overcome addiction problems and compulsive behaviors. The most innovative leaders in progressive addiction treatment in the US offer a groundbreaking, science-based guide to helping loved ones overcome addiction problems and compulsive behaviors. Beyond Addiction eschews the theatrics of interventions and tough love to show family and friends how they can use kindness, positive reinforcement, and motivational and behavioral strategies to help their loved ones change. Drawing on forty collective years of research and decades of clinical experience, the authors present the best practical advice science has to offer. Delivered with warmth, optimism, and humor, Beyond Addiction defines a new, empowered role for friends and family and a paradigm shift for the field. Learn how to tap the transformative power of relationships for positive change, guided by exercises and examples. Practice what really works in therapy and in everyday life, and discover many different treatment options along with tips for navigating the system. And have hope: this guide is designed not only to help someone change, but to help someone want to change.

Treating Out of Control Sexual Behavior

Treating Out of Control Sexual Behavior
Author: Douglas Braun-Harvey, MA, MFT, CGP, CST
Publisher: Springer Publishing Company
Total Pages: 459
Release: 2015-11-05
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 0826196764

Out of control sexual behavior ñ referred to variously as "sex addiction", "sexual compulsivity", and "hypersexuality", among other terms, has been a controversial and attention-getting issue since it first captured both public and professional attention over 30 years ago. Previous discussions of this behavior have been grounded in conceptualizing it as a pathologized, medical issue on par with substance abuse addictions, or, in backlash, as simply irresponsible behavior indicating weakness in the individual. In keeping with the call from many leaders in the mental health and sexual health areas to move beyond these two polarized conceptualizations of these sexual behavior problems, the authors present a model for working with clients in both group and individual treatment settings. Based on their experience with hundreds of clients, this book provides a comprehensive and practical conceptualization of out of control sexual behavior framed as a sexual health problem within a larger model of human behavior, not a psychiatric or addictive disorder. The book includes step-by-step tools for assessment, treatment planning as well as treatment implementation. It describes a process for professionals to guide clients to define and be accountable for their own personal vision of sexual health as the foundation on which they regain sexual behavior control. The authors provide rich and varied composite case examples based on 20 years of clinical experience that demonstrate clinician sexual health treatment conversations and tools, as well as stories of hope and guidance so essential to individuals wanting to understand how sexual health can be the essential ally in changing their sexual behavior.

Encyclopedia of Substance Abuse Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery

Encyclopedia of Substance Abuse Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery
Author: Gary L. Fisher
Publisher: SAGE
Total Pages: 1153
Release: 2009
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1412950848

This collection provides authoritative coverage of neurobiology of addiction, models of addiction, sociocultural perspectives on drug use, family and community factors, prevention theories and techniques, professional issues, the criminal justice system and substance abuse, assessment and diagnosis, and more.

Addiction and Choice

Addiction and Choice
Author: Nick Heather
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 529
Release: 2017
Genre: Law
ISBN: 0198727224

Views on addiction are often polarised - either addiction is a matter of choice, or addicts simply can't help themselves. But perhaps addiction falls between the two? This book contains views from philosophy, neuroscience, psychiatry, psychology, and the law exploring this middle ground between free choice and no choice.

Rethinking Corrections

Rethinking Corrections
Author: Lior Gideon
Publisher: SAGE
Total Pages: 897
Release: 2011
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1412970180

Explores the challenges faced by convicted offenders over the course of rehabilitation and reintegration. Each chapter focuses on a specific phase of the process.

Substance Abuse Treatment

Substance Abuse Treatment
Author: Sylvia I. Mignon
Publisher: Springer Publishing Company
Total Pages: 274
Release: 2014-07-18
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0826195784

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The Abandoned Generation

The Abandoned Generation
Author: William H. Willimon
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Total Pages: 182
Release: 1995
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0802841198

The two Duke University educators assess the current state of American higher education and provide a strategy for change.