Straight Talk about Addiction
Straight Talk about Addiction

Author: Terence T. Gorski

Publisher: Bookbaby

Published: 2020-04-27

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781734400816

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Straight Talk means giving a clear, honest, and plain-English descriptions of important issues related to addiction, recovery, relapse prevention, and responsible living. This book tells it like it is without a great deal of concern for political correctness or the tentative guarded language that so often hides the true messages about addiction, recovery, and relapse. The message is given clearly and honestly with "no holds barred". After 40 years of following research and treatment practices for addiction, Terry Gorski became frustrated at the misinformation about alcohol and other drug addictions and the narrow and incomplete approaches to treatment, recovery and relapse prevention. In this book. Terry provides the best informationon the current science-based understanding of what core addiction syndromeis and what the core addiction treatment process needs to look like to increase the chances of recovery and decrease the risk of relapse. This book is easy to read, entertaining, and loaded with useful information you can actually use in your life.

Straight Talk about Addiction, Treatment, Recovery, and Achieving a Better Quality of Life
Straight Talk about Addiction, Treatment, Recovery, and Achieving a Better Quality of Life

Author: Jerome F. X. Carroll Ph.D.

Publisher: Page Publishing Inc

Published: 2019-04-17

Total Pages: 85

ISBN-13: 1644245469

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In a straightforward and easy–to–understand manner, Dr. Carroll describes what a new patient likely will experience when entering a comprehensive inpatient or outpatient Substance Use Disorder treatment program and what services s/he ideally should receive. Dr. Carroll also provides his perspective on how addiction develops, what addiction treatment should entail, the causes of relapses, and his approach to helping his patients achieve a meaningful recovery and enhanced quality of life. His perspective is based on forty–seven years of experience working in the field of addiction – as a service provider, administrator, program developer, executive, researcher, trainer, and consultant.

Straight Talk from Claudia Black
Straight Talk from Claudia Black

Author: Claudia Black

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2010-05-26

Total Pages: 116

ISBN-13: 1592859305

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Best-selling recovery author Claudia Black introduces readers to five different families and reveals how each of the parents talked with their kids about recovery, relapse, and the child's own vulnerability to addiction. Alcohol use, drug use, and addiction are challenging topics for parents to discuss with children. These subjects are even more complex, and more urgent, for recovering parents to discuss with their children. Best-selling recovery author Claudia Black introduces readers to five different families and reveals how each of the parents talked with their kids about recovery, relapse, and the childs own vulnerability to addiction. Discussion tips and clearly presented facts help parents focus on key issues. Age-appropriate strategies help reduce childrens experimentation with alcohol and other drugs.

Straight Talk: Drugs and Alcohol
Straight Talk: Drugs and Alcohol

Author: Stephanie Paris

Publisher: Teacher Created Materials

Published: 2012-09-01

Total Pages: 28

ISBN-13: 143338325X

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Readers are given helpful information about the dangers of drugs and alcohol, including narcotics, hallucinogens, and prescription medications in this nonfiction book. Through detailed images, diagrams, informational text, an index, a glossary of terms, and a list of websites that provide additional information, readers are given the tools and information they need to educate themselves about addiction, drug abuse, the health and social issues that drugs and alcohol can cause, and how to say no to peer pressure.

Straight Talk: Drugs and Alcohol 6-Pack
Straight Talk: Drugs and Alcohol 6-Pack

Author: Stephanie Paris

Publisher: Teacher Created Materials

Published: 2012-08-01

Total Pages: 28

ISBN-13: 1433348829

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Readers are given helpful information about the dangers of drugs and alcohol, including narcotics, hallucinogens, and prescription medications in this nonfiction book. Through detailed images, diagrams, informational text, an index, a glossary of terms, and a list of websites that provide additional information, readers are given the tools and information they need to educate themselves about addiction, drug abuse, the health and social issues that drugs and alcohol can cause, and how to say no to peer pressure. This 6-Pack includes six copies of this title and a lesson plan.

Straight Talk from Claudia Black
Straight Talk from Claudia Black

Author: Claudia Black

Publisher: Central Recovery Press

Published: 2020-03-03

Total Pages: 130

ISBN-13: 1949481158

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Best-selling author Claudia Black, PhD introduces readers to five different families facing addiction and demonstrates how recovering parents talked with their kids about substance use disorders. Talking with your kids about alcohol use, drug use, and addiction can be difficult for any parent. For recovering parents, conversations with your children about substance use disorders are even more complex, urgent, and personal. In this revised and updated edition, foremost recovery author Claudia Black provides clear direction and gentle support for discussing your addiction with your children. In Straight Talk from Claudia Black, you will meet five very different families and explore with Dr. Black how each of the parents handled discussions about recovery, relapse, and their children’s own vulnerability to chronic, compulsive behaviors. Dr. Black also addresses the latest research on genetics and addiction as well as practical prevention strategies for raising resilient children. While you can’t make up for the past in a few conversations, and you can’t completely protect your children from the ominous scope of addiction, you can, with Dr. Black’s intelligent and sensitive guidance, move closer to becoming the parent your children deserve—and the parent you most want to be.

Straight Talk: Drugs and Alcohol
Straight Talk: Drugs and Alcohol

Author: Stephanie Paris

Publisher: Teacher Created Materials

Published: 2012-09-01

Total Pages: 50

ISBN-13: 9781433348594

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Discusses the dangers of using drugs and alcohol, including hallucinogens, prescription medications, and narcotics, and offers advice on saying no to peer pressure.

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Author: Duke Jeyaraj

Publisher: Word of Christ Ministries

Published: 2020-07-15

Total Pages: 348

ISBN-13: 8193750462

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Straight Talk about Criminals
Straight Talk about Criminals

Author: Stanton E. Samenow

Publisher: Jason Aronson

Published: 2002-10-01

Total Pages: 349

ISBN-13: 1461630800

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Is there a genetic predisposition to crime? Should mental illness be taken into account? Do family and social environments have a role? Do people become abusers because they have been abused? How can people who do terrible things consider themselves good people? What should someone involved in a relationship with a criminal know? Stanton Samenow, co-author of the widely respected three-volume study of The Criminal Personality, has collected the questions posed by audiences during his speaking engagements of the past twenty-eight years about causes, characteristics, and treatments of antisocial behavior. Now he draws on his research and clinical experience with hundreds of men, women, and children to offer no-frills answers that embody his informed perspectives on some of the toughest policy issues facing individuals, institutions, and governments today. A Jason Aronson Book

Straight Talk about Psychiatric Medications for Kids, Fourth Edition
Straight Talk about Psychiatric Medications for Kids, Fourth Edition

Author: Timothy E. Wilens

Publisher: Guilford Publications

Published: 2016-04-22

Total Pages: 354

ISBN-13: 1462519857

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"When a child is struggling with an emotional or behavioral problem, parents face many difficult decisions. Is medication the right choice? What about side effects? How long will medication be needed? In this authoritative guide, leading child psychiatrists Drs. Timothy Wilens and Paul Hammerness explain the nuts and bolts of psychiatric medications--from how they work and potential risks to their impact on a child's emotions, school performance, personality, and health. Extensively revised to include the latest information about medications and their uses, the fourth edition is even more accessible, and includes pullouts, bulleted lists, and "take home points" highlighting critical facts. In addition to parents, this is an ideal reference for teachers and other school professionals"--