Addictions Books
Treatment of Substance Use Disorders
Substance use disorders and their sequelae touch virtually all aspects of our everyday life. This title deals with the treatment of substance use disorders. (more)
Dual Diagnosis:
"Dual Diagnosis" broadly illuminates the nature, presentation, evaluation and treatment of persons with co-occurring mental and substance-use disorders. (more)
Addiction: Questions and Answers for Counsellors and Therapists
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)
Substance Abuse and Dependence in Adolescence: Epidemiology, Risk Fact
This title presents state-of-the-art information on substance abuse and dependence in adolescence including: general issues related to substance abuse disorders; epidemiology, comorbidity, course,... (more)
Seeking Safety: A Treatment Manual for PTSD and Substance Abuse
This much-needed manual presents the first empirically studied, integrative treatment approach developed specifically for PTSD and substance abuse. For persons with this prevalent and... (more)
The Subject of Addiction: Psychoanalysis and The Administration of Enjoyment
Drugs and drug use are an integral part of human culture. Yet we know hardly anything about drugs, at least not the kind of knowledge that would help us to understand how drugs affect people and how... (more)
Gambling and Gaming Addictions in Adolescence
This series of highly practical guides provides social work and health professionals who work with adolescents and their families with concise and up-to-date information on adolescents' problems.... (more)
Treatment of alcoholism and other addictions: A self-psychology approach
Deals with the understanding and treatment of alcoholism, one of the most widespread and destructive mental-health problems of our time. Levin systematically applies self-psychology to alcoholism and... (more)
Celtic Queen Maeve and Addiction
For people who have had to do battle with their own addictions or with those of their loved ones or clients. (more)
Recovery from alcoholism:
Explains how alcohol and other drugs work in order to teach the reader how to evaluate an alcohol or drug problem and choose the most appropriate treatment approach. This work dispels the... (more)
The angry heart: Overcoming borderline and addictive disorders
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)
Alcoholism, narcissism and psychopathology:
This is an innovative analysis of the inter-relationship between the alcoholic's behavioural disorders and their intrapsychic processes. It is a systematic and comprehensive exploration of the... (more)
Counselling the Person Beyond the Alcohol Problem
At the heart of Richard Bryant-Jefferies' work with problem drinkers is his belief in the power and effectiveness of the person-centred approach to counselling. He suggests that many alcohol problems... (more)
Therapeutic Communities for the Treatment of Drug Users
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)
Recovery from Addiction: A Practical Guide to Treatment, Self-Help and
Recovery from Addiction offers a concise, reader-friendly guide for substance-dependent persons, their families and friends to help make sense of the full range of available treatment options. (more)
Cybersex: the dark side of the force: A special issue of the journal Sexual Addiction and Compulsivity
The growth of the Internet has given individuals access to all types of information, including explicit sexual content. While many celebrate these freedoms, others consider this to be an unhealthy,... (more)
Dual Diagnosis: Counseling the Mentally Ill Substance Abuser
Providing a synthesis of chemical dependency and mental health models, the book articulates a framework for assessment and treatment, and describes a range of counselling and motivational strategies... (more)
Combining medication and psychosocial treatment for addictions: The BRENDA method
The BRENDA approach integrates emerging and established psychosocial and medical intervention approaches into a comprehensive treatment program, tailored to the needs of the patient. The manual... (more)
Group Psychotherapy with Addicted Populations: An Integration of Twelve-Step and Psychodynamic Theory: Third Edition
Group Psychotherapy with Addicted Populations: An Integration of Twelve-Step and Psychodynamic Theory: Third Edition is the newly revised edition of the classic text, that provides you with proven... (more)
Relapse Prevention for Addictive Behaviours
Based on the experience of the authors, this book provides working details on the different topics to be covered in each group or individual session. Most addictions from alcohol, drugs and smoking... (more)
Treating Addictive Behaviors: Second Edition
Organized around the stages of change described in the transtheoretical model by Prochaska and DiClemente, the new edition of this superb text features over 90% new material and covers practical,... (more)
The addictive personality: Understanding the addictive process & compulsive behaviour
This is the second edition of a text that aims to explore how addiction starts, how society pushes people towards addiction, and what happens inside those who become addicted. It examines genetic... (more)
Children of addiction: Research, health, and public policy issues
This work reports research on the biological and psychological effects of addiction in children. It should be of value for an array of courses on alcoholism and/or drugs and behaviour in a variety of... (more)
Therapeutic strategies for treating addiction: From slavery to freedom
Each of the chapters in this book is about the journey from addiction to recovery and how to take patients on that journey. Some are how-to chapters, others are narratives. Some are dramatizations... (more)