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Innovations in the Treatment of Substance Addiction
By Denise Micheli, André Luiz Monezi Andrade. 2016
Emerging approaches to treating addictions and minimizing relapse are spotlighted in this idea-packed volume, as alternatives or adjuncts to standard…
psychological and pharmacological therapies. Its biopsychosocial perspective delves into the causes and processes of chemical dependence, and the clinical characteristics it shares with other addictions (e. g. , food, sex, gambling, online activities), to identify client needs that substance abuse may fulfill. Accordingly, the diverse modalities featured here address substance addiction on multiple levels, offering clients physical or mental stimulation and/or emotional relief as well as affording different degrees of autonomy. Methods can be mixed and matched to reinforce treatment goals, and clinicians can tailor treatment to individual issues and interests to assure clients nuanced and meaningful care. Included in the coverage: #65533; Use of herbal medicine to treat drug addiction. #65533; EMDR therapy and the treatment of substance abuse and addiction. #65533; Evaluating the change processes in drug users' interventions. #65533; Web-based interventions for substance abuse. #65533; Physical exercise and treatment of addiction. #65533; Mindfulness to reduce the anxiety during the abstinence #65533; Neurofeedback to deal with craving and anxiety symptoms Psychologists, psychiatrists, clinical social workers, and addiction counselors and educators will find Innovations in the Treatment of Substance Addiction a valuable sourcebook for understanding addiction--and intervention--in its wider context.Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment in the U.S. Military
By Andrew R. Morral, Terry L. Schell, Kristie L. Gore. 2016
The Department of Defense Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office asked the RAND Corporation to independently assess rates of sexual…
assault, sexual harassment, and gender discrimination in the military. This volume presents the results of methodological investigations into sources of potential bias in estimates produced from the 2014 RAND Military Workplace Study for active- and reserve-component members in the U.S. military.Habits: Remaking Addiction
By David Moore, Suzanne Fraser, Helen Keane. 2014
What is 'addiction'? What does it say about us, our social arrangements and our political preoccupations? Where is it going…
as an idea and what is at stake in its ongoing production? Drawing on ethnographic research, interviews and media and policy texts, this book traces the remaking of addiction in contemporary Western societies.My Confection
By Lisa Kotin. 2016
A funny, candid, and original coming-of-age story told through sugar addictionShe doesn't drink or do drugs, but like millions of…
other Americans, Lisa Kotin has a substance abuse problem. Kotin is addicted to sugar. My Confection is a darkly funny and candid memoir of where sugar took this teenage mime when she left her San Francisco Bay Area home in pursuit of artistic greatness. From the strict macrobiotic house where she is kicked out for smuggling Snickers, to her early days of Overeaters Anonymous meetings where she is bewildered by the idea of submitting to a higher power, to the stylish shrink who suggests she figure out how many minutes of tennis equal the calories in one jelly donut, to the men she unwraps and consumes like cheap chocolate bars, Kotin careens from romantic disasters to caloric catastrophes. Original and surprisingly affecting, this portrait of a sugar addict has nothing to do with losing weight or getting fit but rather with coming out of the (sugar) closet, finding allies who understand, and learning how to live healthfully, in spite of her compulsion.From the Trade Paperback edition.The Politics of Trade and Tobacco Control
By Holly Jarman. 2015
Public health policies are increasingly the subject of global trade and investment disputes. What are the consequences of this trend…
for existing and future policies designed to protect the public interest? This book uses the concept of political conflict to examine the effects of globalization on tobacco control policies. Arguing that the scope of a political conflict - which voices can be heard in a particular debate, and which individuals or groups are excluded - has a significant effect on support for public health policies, the book examines how the global trading system has narrowed the scope of conflicts over tobacco control. Analyzing challenges to policies enacted by Australia, Canada, the United States, the European Union and Uruguay, this book offers a critical look at the exclusionary global trading system and outlines what can be done to fix it.Online Child Safety
By Joseph Savirimuthu. 2012
An Integrated Systems Model for Preventing Child Sexual Abuse
By Adele D. Jones, Ena Trotman Jemmott, Priya E. Maharaj, Hazel Da Breo. 2014
This book sets out an integrated systems model which utilizes a public health approach and 'whole of society' philosophy for…
preventing and responding to child sexual abuse. It guides those engaged in policy, practice and planning concerning gender based violence and child abuse towards a more systemic approach to tackling these problems.The Grief Club: The Secret to Getting Through All Kinds of Change
By Melody Beattie. 2006
The Grief Club is Melody Beattie's profoundly personal, powerfully healing book to help readers through life's most difficult times.The Grief…
Club is Melody Beattie's profoundly personal, powerfully healing book to help readers through life's most difficult times. Part memoir, part self-help book, part journalism, The Grief Club is a book of stories bound together by the human experience of loss in its many forms such as death, divorce, drug addiction, and the tumultuous yet tender process of recovery. It's a book you need to read and share.Twenty years ago, Codependent No More established Melody Beattie as a pioneering voice in self-help literature and endeared her to readers who longed for healthier relationships. Over the years, Melody has invited readers into her life with several more best-selling books--each punctuated with her trademark candor and intuitive wisdom.Drugs in Society: Causes, Concepts, and Control
By Michael D. Lyman. 2015
This work focuses on the many critical areas of America's drug problem, providing a foundation for rational decision making within…
this complex and multidisciplinary field. Broken up into three sections, Understanding the Problem, Gangs and Drugs, and Fighting Back, topics covered include the business of drugs and the role of organized crime in the drug trade, drug legalization and decriminalization, legal and law enforcement strategies, an analysis of the socialization process of drug use and abuse, and a historical discussion of drug abuse that puts the contemporary drug problem into perspective.Nicotine
By Will Self, Gregor Hens, Jen Calleja. 2015
By turns philosophical and darkly comic, an ex-smoker's meditation on the nature and consequences of his nearly lifelong addiction Written…
with the passion of an obsessive, Nicotine addresses a lifelong addiction, from the thrill of the first drag to the perennial last last cigarette. Reflecting on his experiences as a smoker from a young age, Gregor Hens investigates the irreversible effects of nicotine on thought and patterns of behavior. He extends the conversation with other smokers to meditations on Mark Twain and Italo Svevo, the nature of habit, and the validity of hypnosis. With comic insight and meticulous precision, Hens deconstructs every facet of dependency, offering a brilliant analysis of the psychopathology of addiction. This is a book about the physical, emotional, and psychological power of nicotine as not only an addictive drug, but also a gateway to memory, a long trail of streetlights in the rearview mirror of a smoker's life. Cigarettes are sometimes a solace, sometimes a weakness, but always a witness and companion. This is a meditation, an ode, and a eulogy, one that will be passed hand-to-hand between close friends.The Twelve Step Facilitation Handbook: A Systematic Approach to Recovery from Substance Dependence
By Joseph Nowinski, Stuart Baker. 2003
The Twelve-Step Facilitation (TSF) Handbook documents the efficacy of TSF as proven in Project MATCH, a study that found it…
as effective as motivational enhancement and cognitive-behavioral treatment.Millions of people put their faith in the Twelve Steps every day. As a treatment provider, however, you need more than faith: you need proof to show accountability. The Twelve-Step Facilitation Handbook documents the efficacy of Twelve Step Facilitation (TSF) as proven in Project MATCH, a nationwide study that found TSF as effective as motivational enhancement and cognitive-behavioral treatment. Suitable for group or individual treatment programs. Twelve Step Facilitation is now listed on SAMHSA's National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices (NREPP).Understanding Compulsive Gambling: Recovery from Compulsive Gambling
By Harry L. Lesieur. 1986
A concise overview of addictive gambling. This Understanding Compulsive Gambling pamphlet clearly describes both the emotional progression and the effects…
of compulsive gambling on our lives, finances, and families. Personal stories demonstrate that change is possible through programs such as Gamblers Anonymous.A concise overview of addictive gambling. This Understanding Compulsive Gambling pamphlet clearly describes both the emotional progression and the effects of compulsive gambling on our lives, finances, and families. Personal stories demonstrate that change is possible through programs such as Gamblers Anonymous.Fundamentals of LGBT Substance Use Disorders: Multiple Identities, Multiple Challenges
By Michael Shelton. 2017
In this new book, the successor to the classic in the field Counseling Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Substance Abusers:…
Dual Identities by Dana G. Finnegan and Emily B. McNally, Michael Shelton reviews the empirical literature and synthesizes what we know about the prevalence of LGBT substance use, abuse, and treatment availability, emphasizing the need for affirmative therapeutic practices. The principles of trauma-informed and culturally competent treatment/intervention are explained and assessed, as well as the challenges of minority stress and microaggressions experienced by the LGBT population. Separate sections focus on the sub-populations of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, and transgender individuals. Separate chapters focus on LGBT youth, the elderly, family constellations and concerns, criminal justice issues, and LGBT rural substance abuse. This volume provides an introduction to the field that will be useful both as a primary textbook and as a handbook/reference for LGBT-focused and general substance-use disorder clinics and their administrators, clinicians, trainees, allies and volunteers.Five O'Clock Comes Early
By George Vecsey, Bob Welch. 1978
Bob Welch was twenty-three, a World Series star, and promising young pitcher with the Los Angeles Dodgers when he realized…
he was an alcoholic. He became one of the first prominent athletes to discuss his ongoing treatment for addiction. His description of his time at the rehab center and his daily struggle to stay sober has been a guiding light to more than a generation of people, young and old, who face addiction in themselves or their families.Bottled
By Dana Bowman. 2015
An unflinching and hilarious memoir about recovery as a mother of young kids, Bottled explains the perils moms face with…
drinking and chronicles the author's path to recovery, from hitting bottom to the months of early sobriety--a blur of pain and chaos--to her now (in)frequent moments of peace. It offers empathy, comic relief, and encouragement for moms everywhere.Dana Bowman is a long-time English teacher and part-time professor in the department of English at Bethany College, Kansas. Author of the popular mombsieblog.com, she leads and presents workshops on both writing and addiction, with a special emphasis on being a woman in recovery while parenting young children.Articles, stories, slogans, and prayers written specifically for women highlight key Twelve Step recovery topics. Includes a daily reading guide.Articles,…
stories, slogans, and prayers written specifically for women highlight key Twelve Step recovery topics. Includes a daily reading guide.What's wrong with My Kid? and Recovering My Kid Bundle: A Recovery Collection for Parents
By George E. Leary, Joseph Lee. 2012
A down-to-earth, judgment-free guide on recognizing the warning signs of alcohol and drug use in their kids, recognizing if there’s…
a problem, and creating a safe, supportive environment during treatment and throughout recovery.A down-to-earth, judgment-free guide on recognizing the warning signs of alcohol and drug use in their kids, recognizing if there’s a problem, and creating a safe, supportive environment during treatment and throughout recovery. Raising a child is tough as it is, but when your kid becomes addicted to alcohol or other drugs, it can feel as if you’re living a nightmare. You’re not alone. In the What’s Wrong with My Kid? and Recovering My Kid bundle, authors George E. Leary, Jr., and Dr. Joseph Lee, take worried, confused, and angry parents by the hand and addresses their most pressing questions and fears: What are the warning signs of addiction? Is my child addicted? What is addiction? What happens when my child returns home from treatment? How can my family support his or her recovery? What if my child relapses? How can my family get well again?This book will help family members begin to identify whether or not their child has a problem, and if so, they will be able to understand what their loved one is going through and how they can help the addict adjust to a clean-and-sober life while still taking care of themselves.You Need Help!: A Step-by-Step Plan to Convince a Loved One to Get Counseling
By Rosalynn Carter, Mark S Komrad. 2012
If you feel that a friend or loved one has a problem and needs professional help, this step-by-step guide will…
give you the tools to approach, engage, and support him or her.Just about everyone knows a relative, friend, or coworker who is exhibiting signs of emotional or behavioral turmoil. Yet figuring out how to reach out to that person can feel insurmountable. We know it is the right thing to do, yet many of us hesitate to take action out of fear of conflict, hurt feelings, or damaging the relationship.Through a rich combination of user-friendly tools and real-life stories, Mark S. Komrad, MD, offers step-by-step guidance and support as you take the courageous step of helping a friend who might not even recognize that he or she is in need. He guides you in developing a strong course of action, starting by determining when professional help is needed, then moves you through the steps of picking the right time, making the first approach, gathering allies, selecting the right professional, and supporting friends or relatives as they go through the necessary therapeutic process to resolve their problems. Included are scripts based on Komrad’s work with his own patients, designed to help you anticipate next steps and arm you with the tools to respond constructively and compassionately.You will also find the guidance and information needed to understand mental illness and get past the stigma still associated with it, so you can engage and support your loved one with insight and compassion in his or her journey toward emotional stability and health.Practice These Principles And What Is The Oxford Group
By Anonymous. 1996
Practice These Principles is an edited, up-to-date version of What is the Oxford Group?, a core book for early AA…
which is also printed in this two-book volume.Those interested in A.A. history will find this two-book volume to be a must-have edition. Practice These Principles is an edited version of the original work, What is the Oxford Group? (full text reprinted) which served as a basis for the text of Alcoholics Anonymous. What is the Oxford Group? was written in 1932 and served as one of the core books for early A.A.s.Step 12 AA Carrying the Message: Hazelden Classic Step Pamphlets
By Anonymous. 1992
Step 12 is about helping others in order to help ourselves. This pamphlet explains how we can best keep of…
program of A.A. by giving it away.Step 12 is about helping others in order to help ourselves. This pamphlet explains how we can best keep of program of A.A. by giving it away.