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practical skills and clinical management of alcoholism & drug addiction /

0123985188 (hbk.)

9780123985187 (hbk.)

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practical skills and clinical management of alcoholism & drug addiction /

[Book]

Samuel Obembe

Boston, MA :

Elsevier,

2012

x, 104 p. :

ill. ;

24 cm

Includes bibliographical references

For professionals, Obembe, an alcohol and drug counselor, summarizes the causes and clinical management of alcoholism and drug addiction and practical skills and other resources. He covers addiction and its etiology; common psychoactive drugs and their effects (from alcohol to amphetamines to opioids); the management of addiction, including assessment, motivational interviewing, and the classification format of pathologies; theories of treatment (psychotherapy, support groups, and special focus programs); the impact and treatment of addiction, with discussion of family, culture, the socio-cultural influence of alcohol, women, older adults, mental illness, sexual minorities, diseases, and other aspects; medication therapy; and crisis intervention. There is no index. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Alcoholism-- Treatment

Drug abuse-- Treatment

Ethanol-- adverse effects

Obembe, Samuel

20121016014420.0

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