Addictions Books
Treatment of addiction - Current issues for art therapies
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This volume is a lively exploration of the growing use of creative art therapies as a treatment for drug and alcohol dependencies. 224 pages.... (more)
The Subject of Addiction: Psychoanalysis and The Administration of Enjoyment
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With addiction on the increase, and drugs and drug use an integral part of human culture, a radically different approach is needed to help us expand upon the knowledge already accumulated in the... (more)
Integrated Treatment for Co-Occurring Disorders: Personality Disorders and Addiction
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This book addresses a complex client population, which presents service providers with significant professional challenges. Underlying personality disorders compromise treatment effectiveness for... (more)
Group Psychotherapy and Addiction
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This important collection is written by many well-known experts, several renowned on the international stage, with perspectives from the UK, USA and Scandinavia. They share their extensive... (more)
Women, Girls, and Addiction: Celebrating the Feminine in Counseling Treatment and Recovery
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The first book on the efficacy of treatment approaches and interventions that are tailored to working with addicted women, and the first publication of any kind to provide a feminist approach to... (more)
Beaten Into Violence: Anger, Masculinities, Alcohol, Narcotics
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This book explores the emotional worlds of white working class men and why they self medicate using heroin, alcohol, crack and amphetamines. It drawn on the therapeutic work that the author undertook... (more)
Essential Papers on Addiction
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Presents the most important writings, and the various sides of the debate on the psychoanalytic understanding and treatment of adddiction. Daniel Yalisove outlines the history of the treatment of... (more)
Therapeutic Communities for the Treatment of Drug Users
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Written by academics and practitioners from around the world, this is a comprehensive overview of the development of therapeutic communities and their benefits in the treatment of drug users.... (more)
Sex, Drugs, Gambling, & Chocolate: A Workbook for Overcoming Addictions: 2nd Edition
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Addictive behaviour can result from the use of almost any substance, or involvement in almost any activity. The harm that results from the addictive behaviour, and the individual's difficulty in... (more)
Substance misuse and childcare: How to understand, assist and intervene when drugs affect parenting
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Concerned with the effect that substance misuse has on parenting and the effects on the care and well-being of children, this guide outlines the extent of the problem; addresses the issues involved... (more)
The Psychodynamics of Addiction
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In the treatment of addictions and their psychological understanding, cognitive-behavioural and motivation approaches have been paramount. In contrast, the psychodynamic contribution has been muted.... (more)
Clinical Work with Substance-Abusing Clients: Second Edition
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New in paperback. This widely adopted text offers practical guidance for working with substance abusers and their families in a variety of clinical contexts. Expert contributors present widely used... (more)
Bulimia/Anorexia:The Binge/Purge cycle and self-starvation
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This volume is a source of information on the dynamics of eating disorders. It provides information on adolescent danger signals, socialization and the family, physiological effects, the challenges... (more)
A Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Programme for Problem Gambling: Therapist Manual
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A comprehensive manual providing guidance for therapists treating clients with gambling addictions. It uses a cognitive behavioural approach to identify a session by session guide for overcoming... (more)
Clinical Manual for Treatment of Alcoholism and Addictions
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In an extensively updated and reformatted third edition, the Clinical Manual for Treatment of Alcoholism and Addictions provides a concise overview of addiction treatment issues relevant to... (more)
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Problem Drinking: A Practitioner's Guide
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This book serves as a concise and practical guide on the application of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) to problem drinking. Divided into five chapters it provides: a detailed account of the... (more)
Assessment of Addictive Behaviors: Second Edition
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This comprehensive clinical resource and text is grounded in cutting-edge knowledge about the biopsychosocial processes involved in addictive behaviors. Presented are research-based, eminently... (more)
Real Life Issues: Addictions
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This essential new self-help series offers down-to-earth information and advice on key issues that matter to teenagers. The guides are presented in a clear and accessible manner and will help the... (more)
Out of the Shadows: Understanding Sexual Addiction
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With detailed descriptions of the four stages of sexual addiction, the author outlines the dynamics of dependency and offers evaluation methods and solutions. The text addresses issues relating to... (more)
Genes, Environment, and Psychopathology: Understanding the Causes of Psychiatric and Substance Use Disorders
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This groundbreaking volume synthesizes the results of the Virginia Adult Twin Study of Psychiatric and Substance Use Disorders, which yielded longitudinal data on more than 9,000 individuals. The... (more)
Asperger Syndrome and Alcohol: Drinking to Cope?
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This book exposes the unexplored problem of people with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASDs) using alcohol as a coping mechanism to deal with everyday life. Alcohol can relieve the anxiety of social... (more)
Addiction as an Attachment Disorder
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This work shows how to give substance abusers an attachment experience and a sense of community where they feel they are accepted and belong. Therapy, directed along the lines described, allows the... (more)
The angry heart: Overcoming borderline and addictive disorders
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Directed at people with problems of borderline personality disorder and people struggling with addiction, this self-help guide aims to help them come to terms with their destructive lifestyle and to... (more)
Addiction: Questions and Answers for Counsellors and Therapists
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This text is written in a question-and-answer style, with several types of reader in mind. It is intended primarily as a source of help for established counsellors and therapists, who wish to enhance... (more)
Theory of Addiction
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This book is the first to offer an overview and analysis of the major theories surrounding addiction and dependence. As such it is an essential text for those studying or working in the addiction... (more)
Music and Altered States: Consciousness, Transcendence, Therapy and Addictions
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This international collection examines the opportunities for using music-induced states of altered consciousness to promote physical and mental healing, treat substance dependence, and in spiritual... (more)
Young People, Drugs and Community Safety
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Covering the issues of crime, drugs and community safety, this text seeks to highlight the problems facing youth offender teams, probation officers and the police. It also includes various studies on... (more)