Humanizing Addiction Practice

Blending Science and Personal Transformation
1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-3-319-91004-8
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 118 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 2291 g

This original, eloquent, compassionate, and timely book offers all healthcare practitioners interested and involved in addiction practice  a powerful account of an addiction psychiatrist’s journey of professional and personal growth, thereby offering readers a unique opportunity to learn deeply from the author’s insights, experiences, and struggles in becoming a patient-centered empathic healer.  Through sharing and exploring clinical experiences in addiction practice, this fascinating title delves into the lead author and his mentee’s personal, professional, and ethical challenges and weaves together science and humanism, offering a wealth of experiential wisdom and tools that have the power to transform our understanding of therapeutic work with people with addictions.   Written with empathy and humility, Humanizing Addiction: Blending Science and Personal Transformation provides a compelling argument and framework for integrating humanism with empirically grounded practices. This important book is an invaluable resource for healers from a range of backgrounds: physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, social workers, case managers, patient navigators, clinical and health psychologists, pharmacists, counselors, graduate students, and medical trainees involved in clinical care of people with addiction and substance use problems. 

Zielgruppe

Professional/practitioner

Autoren/Hrsg.

Douaihy, Antoine

Driscoll, H. Patrick

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Innere Medizin
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychotherapie / Klinische Psychologie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete Psychiatrie, Sozialpsychiatrie, Suchttherapie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Allgemeinmedizin, Familienmedizin
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Neurologie, Klinische Neurowissenschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Building a Mindset for Healing.- Cultivating Empathy and Emotional Openness in Practice.- Learning and Growing from Unpredictable Encounters.- Scientific Foundations for Addiction Practice.- Working with Family and Significant Others.- Spirituality, Religion, and Mutual Support Programs.- Trainees’ Reflections on Clinical and Personal Growth.- Epilogue.

Über Autor(innen)

Antoine Douaihy, MD

Professor of Psychiatry and Medicine

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Department of Psychiatry

Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic

Pittsburgh, PA, USA

H. Patrick Driscoll, MD, MSc

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Department of Psychiatry

Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic

Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Dr. Douaihy and Driscoll offer an engaging story of their

own professional development, describing patient encounters that helped to shape

their humane approach to the practice of science-based addiction medicine.