Keith Humphreys, Humphreys

Circles of Recovery

Self-Help Organizations for Addictions

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Circles of Recovery provides an integrative, international review of self-help organizations for addiction recovery.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Januar 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 396g
• ISBN-13: 9780521176378
• ISBN-10: 0521176379
• Artikelnr.: 32466131

Autorenporträt

DOB: April 11, 1966. Professor Humphreys has published more than 100 scientific articles, has received national and international awards for his work, and has served on expert consultant panels for The Center for Mental Health Services, The National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, The Office of Behavioral and Social Science Research, The Department of Veterans' Affairs, and The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. He has also served as a consultant on mental health related issues to agencies in other nations, including Spain, Canada, Ireland and post-apartheid South Africa. From March through June of 2002, he was on sabbatical at The White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, where he worked on policies concerning drug treatment, prevention and education.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements; 1. Definitions
scope
and origin of the health-related self-help group movement; 2. An international tour of addiction-related mutual help organizations; 3. Does self-help group participation produce positive substance abuse
psychiatric
and medical outcomes?; 4. A different perspective on change in self-help organizations: spirituality
identity
life stories
friendship networks
and politicization; 5. Government
health care organization
and clinical interactions with self-help organizations; Epilogue: summing up
moving forward; References; Index.