Nicholas R. Lessa, Walter F. Scanlon

Wiley Concise Guides to Mental Health

Substance Use Disorders
Herausgegeben von Weiner, Irving B.

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book provides the equivalent to a full semester course in understanding and treating chemical addictions. Like all the books in the Wiley Concise Guides to Mental Health Series, the guide to substance use disorders features tools to make study and review easy, including an FAQ guide, vignettes and case illustrations, "Quick Tabs,""Quick Facts,""Clinical Alerts," and a Self-Test Proficiency Check.

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The Wiley Concise Guides to Mental Health: Substance Use Disorders uses clear, highly accessible language to guide the reader through the entire continuum of addiction care and present the latest scientific understanding of substance use and abuse. This comprehensive, informative reference provides a complete overview of diagnosis, treatment, research, emerging trends, and other critical information about chemical addictions. Both biomedical and psychiatric conditions and complications are thoroughly covered.

Like all the books in the Wiley Concise Guides to Mental Health series, Substance Use Disorders features a compact, easy-to-use format that includes:
_ Vignettes and case illustrations
_ A practical approach that emphasizes real-life treatment over theory
_ Resources for specific readers such as clinicians, students, or patients

In addition to the fundamentals of chemical addictions and treatment, Substance Use Disorders covers some of the most cutting-edge topics in the field, including innovative treatment approaches, outcome demands, brain science, relapse-prevention strategies, designer drugs, spirituality, and other areas. This straightforward resource is admirably suited for a wide variety of readers, from those in the helping professions, to law enforcement personnel, to recommended reading for clients currently in treatment.

Produktdetails

• Wiley Concise Guides to Mental Health
• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 14668991000
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Februar 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 460g
• ISBN-13: 9780471689911
• ISBN-10: 0471689912
• Artikelnr.: 14858250

Autorenporträt

WALTER F. SCANLON is a Program/Workplace Consultant and Interventionist with twenty-five years' experience in behavioral healthcare services. He has taught, trained and presented nationally, and is an adjunct professor at Marymount Manhattan College and City College of New York.

Inhaltsangabe

Series Preface. Preface. Acknowledgements. About the Authors. SECTION ONE:
INTRODUCTION. Chapter 1. Substance Use Disorders: Definitions, Treatment,
and Misconceptions. Chapter 2. Understanding Mood-Altering Substances.
SECTION TWO: ASSESSMENT. Chapter 3. Assessment, Diagnosis, and Treatment
Planning. Chapter 4. Levels of Care: What Happens Where? Chapter 5. Acute
Intoxication and Withdrawal Potential. Chapter 6. Biomedical Conditions,
Medications, and Genetic Factors. Chapter 7. Coexisting Mental Disorders.
Chapter 8. Recovery and the Living Environment. Chapter 9. Spirituality:
The Neglected Dimension. SECTION THREE: TREATMENT. Chapter 10. Initiating
Commitment: Structured Intervention Strategies. Chapter 11. Behavioral
Change: Developing Essential Counseling Skills. Chapter 12. Maintaining
Commitment: Relapse Prevention Therapy. Index.