Substance Use Problems

2. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-0-88937-416-4
Verlag: Hogrefe Publishing

Buch, Englisch, Band Vol. 15, 104 Seiten, Format (B × H): 178 mm x 254 mm, Gewicht: 248 g

Reihe: Advances in Psychotherapy - Evidence-Based Practice

The literature on diagnosis and treatment of drug and substance abuse is filled with successful, empirically based approaches, but also with controversy and hearsay. Health professionals in a range of settings are bound to meet clients with troubles related to drugs – and this text helps them separate the myths from the facts. It provides trainees and professionals with a handy, concise guide for helping problem drug users build enjoyable, multifaceted lives using approaches based on decades of research. Readers will improve their intuitions and clinical skills by adding an overarching understanding of drug use and the development of problems that translates into appropriate techniques for encouraging clients to change behavior themselves. This highly readable text explains not only what to do, but when and how to do it. Seasoned experts and those new to the field will welcome the chance to review the latest developments in guiding self-change for this intriguing, prevalent set of problems.

Zielgruppe

For clinical psychologists, psychiatrists, psychotherapists, and counselors, as well as students.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Earleywine, Mitch

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete Pharmakologie, Toxikologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychotherapie / Klinische Psychologie Suchttherapie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete Psychiatrie, Sozialpsychiatrie, Suchttherapie