Substance Abuse: Information for School Counselors, Social Workers, Therapists, and CounselorsA balanced text written for counseling students surveying topics in substance abuse and its treatment including examples from the authors' own clinical experiences. Fisher and Harrison (U. of Nevada, Reno) take a generalist approach to addiction models, assessment and diagnosis, intervention, and treatment. They review current thought on support groups, codependency, relapse prevention, and special cases in ethnically diverse groups as well as related HIV/AIDS issues. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR. |
Contents
The Role of the Mental Health Professional | 1 |
Classification of Drugs | 14 |
Opioids | 23 |
Copyright | |
15 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
abstinence ACOAS adolescent adult African Americans alco alcoholic/addict Alcoholics Anonymous Anonymous anorexia nervosa approach assessment associated behavior believe Botvin Chapter chemical dependency child children of alcoholics chronic client clinical cocaine codependency cohol compulsive compulsive gambling confrontation counseling cultural depression diagnosis discussed disease concept drinking drug abuse drug problems drug treatment drug users dysfunctional effects emotional ethnically Euro-American example experience family members family therapy feelings focus gambling helping professional high-risk HIV-infected identified individuals infection intervention involved issues Journal Kaufman Latino/Hispanic marijuana ment mental health professionals model of addiction mother motivational interviewing Native Americans occur one's parents patterns person population prevention programs psychoactive drugs psychological recovery relapse prevention relationship reported result risk factors role school counselor sex and love sexual social stepfamilies strategies substance abuse support groups symptoms therapist tion tobacco treatment program Twelve Step groups women workaholic