Practical Skills and Clinical Management of Alcoholism and Drug Addiction

Practical Skills and Clinical Management of Alcoholism and Drug Addiction

Author: Samuel Obembe

Publisher: Elsevier

Published: 2012-10-11

Total Pages: 121

ISBN-13: 0124016618

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This insightful book is a synoptic presentation of Causes and Treatment of Alcoholism and Drug Addiction. It gives an insight into Alcoholism and Drug Addiction genetic and/or acquired etiologies through researched studies that draw the conclusion that Addiction is a disease/ medical condition. It features the treatment from detox followed by psychotherapy with evidence based practices and supported by Aftercare programs to maintain sobriety and recovery. - An insight into Alcoholism and Drug Addiction - Psychotherapy with evidence based practices - Aftercare programs - Classification and effects of psychoactive drugs - Drug screening procedures - Motivational Interviewing - Causes and Treatment of Alcoholism and Drug Addiction - Life and clinical experiences - Culture and Drug Addiction - Levels of Care in Structured Programs


Addiction

Addiction

Author: C. Shelby

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2016-05-01

Total Pages: 217

ISBN-13: 1137552859

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Addiction argues that addiction should be understood not as a disease but as a phenomenon that must be understood on many levels at once. Employing a complex dynamic systems approach and philosophical methodology, Shelby explains addiction as an irreducible neurobiological, psychological, developmental, environmental, and sociological phenomenon.


Essential Papers on Addiction

Essential Papers on Addiction

Author: Daniel L Yalisove

Publisher: NYU Press

Published: 1997-07

Total Pages: 517

ISBN-13: 081479677X

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The most important writings on the psychoanalytic understandings and treatments of drug and vice addiction Drug abuse, alcoholism, compulsive gambling, and other destructive addictions plague our society. Theories of addiction locate its cause variously—in factors related to the substance, the addict's personality, or to the addict's environment. Arguments about effective treatment programs are fierce. Essential Papers on Addiction presents the most important writing and the various sides of the debate on the psychoanalytic understanding and treatment of addiction. Daniel Yalisove outlines the history of the treatment of addiction and introduces important psychoanalytic concepts used in understanding addicts. The book includes case studies which illustrate the course of addiction and presents the work of the most influential theorists in the field. Divided into eight sections focusing on historical work on addiction, psychoanalytic theories of addiction, transference and countertransference issues in treating addiction, psychoanalytic treatment for the addictions, psychoanalytic therapy and disease concepts, and psychiatric illness and addiction, this definitive volume includes contributions by the most experienced and renowned experts on the subject. Contributors include S. Freud, E. Glover, S. Rado, R. P. Knight, L. Wurmser, N. E. Zinberg, H. Krystal, D. Jacobs, R. Fine, J. Gustafson, C. L. Brown, M. L. Selzer, V. Davidson, J. Imhof, R. Hirsch, R. E. Terenzi, M. E. Chafetz, A. Silber, R. J. Rosenthal, E. M. Pattison, M. B. Sobell, L. C. Sobell, J. E. Zweben, E. Simmel, B. Brickman, E. J. Khantzian, R. D. Weiss, S. M. Mirin, A. T. McLellan, and H. J. Richards.


Drugs, Addiction, and the Brain

Drugs, Addiction, and the Brain

Author: George F. Koob

Publisher: Academic Press

Published: 2014-07-12

Total Pages: 351

ISBN-13: 0123869595

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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 how it changes during the transition from initial drug use to compulsive drug use and addiction. The book provides a detailed overview of the pathophysiology of the disease. The information provided will be useful for neuroscientists in the field of addiction, drug abuse treatment providers, and undergraduate and postgraduate students who are interested in learning the diverse effects of drugs of abuse on the brain. - Full-color circuitry diagrams of brain regions implicated in each stage of the addiction cycle - Actual data figures from original sources illustrating key concepts and findings - Introduction to basic neuropharmacology terms and concepts - Introduction to numerous animal models used to study diverse aspects of drug use. - Thorough review of extant work on the neurobiology of addiction


Addiction and Devotion in Early Modern England

Addiction and Devotion in Early Modern England

Author: Rebecca Lemon

Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press

Published: 2018-02-02

Total Pages: 277

ISBN-13: 0812294815

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Rebecca Lemon illuminates a previously-buried conception of addiction, as a form of devotion at once laudable, difficult, and extraordinary, that has been concealed by the persistent modern link of addiction to pathology. Surveying sixteenth-century invocations, she reveals how early moderns might consider themselves addicted to study, friendship, love, or God. However, she also uncovers their understanding of addiction as a form of compulsion that resonates with modern scientific definitions. Specifically, early modern medical tracts, legal rulings, and religious polemic stressed the dangers of addiction to alcohol in terms of disease, compulsion, and enslavement. Yet the relationship between these two understandings of addiction was not simply oppositional, for what unites these discourses is a shared emphasis on addiction as the overthrow of the will. Etymologically, "addiction" is a verbal contract or a pledge, and even as sixteenth-century audiences actively embraced addiction to God and love, writers warned against commitment to improper forms of addiction, and the term became increasingly associated with disease and tyranny. Examining canonical texts including Doctor Faustus, Twelfth Night, Henry IV, and Othello alongside theological, medical, imaginative, and legal writings, Lemon traces the variety of early modern addictive attachments. Although contemporary notions of addiction seem to bear little resemblance to its initial meanings, Lemon argues that the early modern period's understanding of addiction is relevant to our modern conceptions of, and debates about, the phenomenon.


The Complete Family Guide to Addiction

The Complete Family Guide to Addiction

Author: Thomas F. Harrison

Publisher: Guilford Publications

Published: 2019-06-14

Total Pages: 274

ISBN-13: 1462538541

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"The purpose of this book is to explain addiction and to help families and friends to deal with it successfully. People who are struggling with addiction can also use this book to understand their situation and the resources that are available to help them. And people who are wondering if they might have an addiction can use it to get a better sense of the nature and depth of their potential problem. Part I explains the science behind addiction. Part II looks at the emotional side of the problem and how families are affected. Part III discusses many of the real-world legal and practical issues that addicts often face, and ways to keep them out of trouble. Part IV provides a detailed overview of treatment options. And Part V describes the recovery process and the most effective strategies to keep it going for the long term"--


Kicking Addictive Habits Once and for All

Kicking Addictive Habits Once and for All

Author: Dennis C. Daley

Publisher: Jossey-Bass

Published: 1998-01-23

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13: 9780787940683

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All aspects of changing bad habits and developing a balanced lifestyle are addressed in the book, and I highly recommend it to readers. --G. Alan Marlatt, author of Relapse Prevention and director of the Addictive Behaviors Research Center at the University of Washington A comprehensive self-help guide for changing addictive habits permanently, this book shows how to establish a balanced life style based upon a scientifically researched, clinically proven relapse-prevention (RP) model. By using the common-sense principles of the RP model, the author provides many practical ideas on how to make changes in an individual's thinking, behavior, and relationships that can prevent or interrupt an addictive relapse.


Couple and Family Therapy of Addiction

Couple and Family Therapy of Addiction

Author: Jerome D. Levin

Publisher: Jason Aronson, Incorporated

Published: 1977-07-07

Total Pages: 366

ISBN-13: 1461734576

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This is a comprehensive clinical resource for addiction counselors who want to learn about the psychological components of the problem, for individual therapists—dynamic, cognitive, and behavioral—who want to understand systems approaches in order to draw on a broader repertoire of useful interventions, and for couple and family therapists who want to learn more about the intrapsychic, biological, and pharmacological aspects of addiction. Dr. Jerome D. Levin takes the reader down the parallel paths of addiction treatment and individual and family therapy until they meet on the bridge of actual clinical practice. Practitioner, professor, prolific author, and respected authority in the field, Dr. Levin uses approaches to the treatment of alcoholism as a model for illustrating how theory, research, technique, and flying by the seat of the professional pants can integrate into a therapeutic style to help substance abusers and their partners and families.